H. L. Mencken Quotes
During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon useless and evil things than would suffice to run the kingdom of Denmark for a year.
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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.
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The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
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The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.
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The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers.
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Christians... get Christmas under control. Seriously. It won't stop! It doesn't stop, does it? It's always Christmas now! Make it the whole year! It's the only time you pricks are happy!
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When people ask me why is 'Winter's Tale' a fantasy, I point out that it is not a fantasy.
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There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
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During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon useless and evil things than would suffice to run the kingdom of Denmark for a year.
