H. L. Mencken Quotes
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought.
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As much as I love to shop online, I also love walking the streets on a beautiful day and seeing what finds I can discover in a small shop or vintage store.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process.
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I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.
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It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.
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Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
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A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
