H. L. Mencken Quotes
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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While I played Ranji Trophy for five years, I used to be asked, 'When are you playing for the nation?' - a question which I didn't have any answer to. I kept playing before I got my first break in 1996; those five years were indeed frustrating.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
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The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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I've spent many a long flight talking to flight attendants, trying to understand what kind of employment experience underlies such a consistent lack of concern for customers.
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I had given myself a sort of early retirement when I left the scene in 1985. All of the people in my family worked until they dropped, including my father. I decided to take a little time to enjoy life. I traveled, built my dream house, rescued a few dogs. My return to music, and acting, was deliberate, part of my musical arc.
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I love shopping in New York just because you walk around and find a little store you've never saw before, and you're like, 'Oh what's that? This is my new favorite place.' I love that about New York.
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I think it's really important to live in the moment.
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They don't observe the Sabbath, they don't observe the Torah, they don't pray, they don't put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they're killed? It's no wonder. May the Almighty have mercy on them and bring them back to religion.
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I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country.
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I've always had the idea that multi-millionaire rock stars should work harder than anyone because they have the ability to do it. Look at an artist like Andy Warhol. He never stopped working, even after he didn't need to work again.
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Whether you are right in the middle of a glamorous event or watching it from the sidelines, the red carpet Oscar events set the stage to showcase the latest designs and styles for those watching around the world.
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Lord, let me not live to be useless!
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All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
