H. L. Mencken Quotes
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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I've learned never say never.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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One of my first investments was $100,000 in a Web-based calendar startup - and I lost every dollar.
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My breasts have had a brilliant career. I've just tagged along for the ride.
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There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn't make any difference. It's the most rigid ideological party since before the Civil War. ... The bumper sticker I'm going to have printed up for Democrats this year is, 'We're not perfect, but they're nuts.'
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However firmly thou holdest to thy opinions, if truth appears on the opposite side, throw down thy arms at once.
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In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
