H. L. Mencken Quotes
My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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But I think we need the international market.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.
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The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
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We tried to present an emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a band member on this 20-year journey.
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I really like 'Hard-Knock Life' because I get to perform with all of the other girls, and it's such a strong number.
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The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.
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It's so important for us to be able to talk about body positivity and accepting yourself and loving yourself because we've all been in a place where we're insecure.
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I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.
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My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
