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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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 like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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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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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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I don't think any of us think of ourselves as artists or actors - clowns, we'll accept that label.
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When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.
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When I finished grad school, I moved to Chicago proper, and I was at all the different improv schools, taking classes or interning.
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I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.
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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.
