H. L. Mencken Quotes
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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There is a moment in your story when you can pinpoint the exact time you fell in love, be it with a place or a person. I can remember both like it was yesterday.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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I just feel we are extremely lucky that when we wake up, we get to go to work and do something we love. Honestly, we can't call it work. We're living the dream, really. If you start thinking about the dangers too much, it's time to stop.
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When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.
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When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose.
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It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.
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Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made good use of the resources that were available to him, worked incredibly hard.
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
