H. L. Mencken Quotes
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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've been out doing signings and talking to a lot of people, and I'm just really grateful.
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Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.
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When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational.
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Supernatural characters allow actors to experiment. The role isn't restricted to standing in the kitchen and crying. I love doing that, too. But I have done enough of that.
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We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the gradual climb. We forget that we are to "grow in grace" and that normal growth is not a matter of fits and starts.
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When Pixar calls and says, 'Hey, you wanna be in a Pixar movie?' you don't do a lot of contemplating!
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The main thing is always try to find different voices for yourself. If you're in your car just driving somewhere you can try to start thinking about a voice you might want to do, like try a British accent.
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Christian - One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.
