H. L. Mencken Quotes
The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I didn't know what was going through my mind.
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I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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I've never met a woman ever, anywhere, bar none, that was more feminine than Dixie Carter.
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Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.
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A lesbian is a radical or she is not a lesbian.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.
