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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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 dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.
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I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.
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I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change.
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Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
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A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.
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I lived a block and a half away from four cousins, and I had three siblings. The Jaeger home was a big, messy, happy family.
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Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.
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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.
