H. L. Mencken Quotes
History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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Nitric oxide was known for destroying things.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
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In a political situation where tyranny reigns and rebellion is not tolerated, few men and women will have the luxury of going beyond the stance of the rebel.
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It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
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I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.
