H. L. Mencken Quotes
Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.
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I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
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That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
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There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that God, now, is about to establish a kingdom on this earth, based upon brotherhood and peace. And the white man is against brotherhood, and the white man is against peace.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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I care about writing music and playing my music.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.
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That men have an interest in knowing the world which surrounds them, and consequently that their reflection should have been applied to it at an early date, is something that everyone will readily admit.
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This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.
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Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.
