H. L. Mencken Quotes
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
Quotes to Explore
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.
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Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing has been about the unexpected... that unexpected situation of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time.
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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.
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I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to what the characters can offer and what I can bring to them and then bring a being to life.
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I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.
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Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.
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Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
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Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.
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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
