H. L. Mencken Quotes
A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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Working with children has done well for me. I don't find them intolerable or frustrating. They're just fun, full of energy, and happy to be there.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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I was 24 when Samori was born. His mom was 23.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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Because I was always a fat child, I got fatter and fatter, and I ended up 18 stone and with a 40-inch waist.
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No first-time entrepreneur has the business network of contacts needed to succeed. An incubator should be well integrated into the local business community and have a steady source of contacts and introductions.
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If a brand wants a specific girl, they want a specific girl, wherever you are.
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I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.
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It's normally in the morning, just playing around. And I'm not saying everything I make is great, but that's what I do. I can't even remember how I wrote stuff.
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I feel very comfortable about being fair to Trump. I think I've been very fair to him.
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A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.
