H. L. Mencken Quotes
The late William Jennings Bryan, L.L.D., always had one great advantage in controversy; he was never burdened with an understanding of his opponent's case.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.
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We filmed 'Expelled' in Santa Clarita at an all-girl's school. There were twelve hour days.
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
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It's just this little comedy about this group of guys, and their local hangout is a pool hall, and it's starting to get taken over by this big corporate, evil kind of guy. And it's just about them trying to save the day and their little pool hall in the process of it all. It's called 'Think Tank.'
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I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.
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I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.
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My first real job, I sold Christmas trees when I was twelve for extra money. I did that until I was fifteen. Then I bagged groceries, and I worked at the first Borders ever in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.
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Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
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The late William Jennings Bryan, L.L.D., always had one great advantage in controversy; he was never burdened with an understanding of his opponent's case.
