H. L. Mencken Quotes

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.

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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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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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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
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Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.
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I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it.
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Who is worse shod than the shoemaker's wife?
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In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.