H. L. Mencken Quotes

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would like on my last day.
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Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people.
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One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.
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Birth was the death of him.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.