H. L. Mencken Quotes
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One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
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In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family club... We're not about that. That's not the government of the future of the State of New York. What's gonna pull this state out of the doldrums that it's in right now is an honest and open government.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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The Oscar or the Emmy says you've reached a level of competence in this business, and I would love to have one.
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The school is the servant of the workshop and will one day be absorbed in it. Therefore there will be no teachers or pupils in the Bauhaus but masters, journeymen, and apprentices.
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You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.
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When I was a teenager, I learned to play the trumpet. Music became my passion.
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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system.
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Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
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Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of 'Hateful Eight' because I actually like the idea of other actors having a chance to play my characters and see what happens from that.
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I've been out doing signings and talking to a lot of people, and I'm just really grateful.
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The Christian always swears a bloody oath that he will never do it again. The civilized man simply resolves to be a bit more careful next time.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
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Christian - One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.
