H. L. Mencken Quotes
It is difficult to believe that even idiots ever succumbed to such transparent contradictions, to such gaudy processions of mere counter-words, to so vast and obvious a nonsensicalitysentence after sentence that has no apparent meaning at all--stuff quite as bad as the worst bosh of Warren Gamaliel Harding.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
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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.'
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For me, books were my source of affirmation. Alice Walker, Audrey Lord - it was these authors who wrote about their experiences. It was this weird thing where I was censored in terms of what I could watch but not in terms of what I could read.
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It is difficult to believe that even idiots ever succumbed to such transparent contradictions, to such gaudy processions of mere counter-words, to so vast and obvious a nonsensicalitysentence after sentence that has no apparent meaning at all--stuff quite as bad as the worst bosh of Warren Gamaliel Harding.
