H. L. Mencken Quotes

Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.

H. L. Mencken

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• More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

  

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• Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.

  

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• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

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• Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.

  

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• The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.

  

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• As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.

  

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• Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.

  

  Kat Graham
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• I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.

  

  Washed Out
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• Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.

  

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• Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.

  

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• I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'

  

  Frances McDormand
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• It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
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• My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

  

  Olivia Williams
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• I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.

  

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• The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
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• The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

  

  Saint Ignatius
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• Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.

  

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• I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry.

  

  Zelo
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• If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance

  

  Brian Tracy
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• Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.

  

  Elliott Carter
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• The federal government has a responsibility to address climate change. The federal government can continue to regulate corporations, tax polluters and incentivize the use of renewable forms of energy.

  

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• Wake up, Carolee, the plane is waiting for us, we have to get to the game.

  

  Al Davis
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• Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • America
  • Government
  • Psychology