H. L. Mencken Quotes

If there was ever a dissenter from the national optimismit was surely Edgar Allan Poe--without question the bravest and mostoriginal, if perhaps also the least orderly and judicious, of all the critics that we have produced.

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• Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?

  

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• I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.

  

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• The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.

  

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• I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.

  

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• I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.

  

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• My normal life is like being on holiday.

  

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• I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.

  

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• Like a lot of people, I'm very, very concerned about Senator Clinton's record. I'm very, very concerned about where her positions were in the 1990s, when we had some of the most disgusting legislation in terms of our criminal justice, really, in this country's history.

  

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• I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.

  

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• This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She flaunted it and, having been given more than any woman before her, demanded even more than that.

  

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• If there was ever a dissenter from the national optimismit was surely Edgar Allan Poe--without question the bravest and mostoriginal, if perhaps also the least orderly and judicious, of all the critics that we have produced.

  

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