H. L. Mencken Quotes
Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.
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I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.
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You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.
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The Europeans are themselves blind who describe fortune without sight. No first-rate beauty ever had finer eyes, or saw more clearly. They who have no other trade but seeking their fortune need never hope to find her; coquette-like, she flies from her close pursuers, and at last fixes on the plodding mechanic who stays at home and minds his business.
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Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.
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Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
