H. L. Mencken Quotes
Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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Every single day, I get up and I say, 'I am going to live and not die.'
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well, why do I need them? I write letters.' Which I still do.
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The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
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When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at solutions through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided victory is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others.
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I traveled to Ireland to research 'Sandcastles,' to visit the coastline where my ancestors looked toward America, the tiny town they once loved so much, and the docks from which they sailed toward their dreams of building a better life for their family. The answers I found on that journey are woven through the novel.
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I got a record with Frank Ocean.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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People build continuity into their life: Places, friends and goals. We go to work on Monday with plans for Friday night, enroll as freshmen intending to be seniors and save money for retirement. We try to control what comes next and shape it to meet our will.
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Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.
