H. L. Mencken Quotes
No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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Africa is the future.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.'
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Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3.
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I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'
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The wisdom of our ancestors.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
