H. L. Mencken Quotes
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I like to discover new things.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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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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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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The centre of gravity of any hemisphere is on the straight line which is its axis, and divides the said straight line in such a way that the portion of it adjacent to the surface of the hemisphere has to the remaining portion the ratio which 5 has to 3.
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You give me the awful impression, I hate to have say it, of someone who hasn't read any of the arguments against your position ever.
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California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.
