H. L. Mencken Quotes
The psychologists and the metaphysicians wrangle endlessly over the nature of the thinking process in man, but no matter how violently they differ otherwise they all agree that it has little to do with logic and is not much conditioned by overt facts.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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I find the business world hard.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.
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P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the world like English did. Er, *as* English did...
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A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote.
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That's when I began drinking coffee. I was hung up on every little thing. I loved Paris, and felt straightaway at home. Not to be grandiose, but it seemed like all the city had been waiting for me.
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The psychologists and the metaphysicians wrangle endlessly over the nature of the thinking process in man, but no matter how violently they differ otherwise they all agree that it has little to do with logic and is not much conditioned by overt facts.
