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.
F. Murray Abraham -
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.
Basmah bint Saud -
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.
Yves Behar -
I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
Damien Chazelle -
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.
Ranbir Kapoor -
I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
Washed Out
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
Olivia Colman -
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!'
R. Kelly -
A busybody's work is never done.
A. N. Wilson -
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.
Bastian Schweinsteiger -
All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
Dan Colen -
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.
Watt Key
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I've learned never say never.
Carl Forti -
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.
Earl Campbell -
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.
Rachel Johnson -
Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
Kate Baldwin -
The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
Manly Hall -
Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
Barbara Mikulski
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
Sam Shepard -
A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
Sally Schneider -
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Martin Luther -
Fear unchecked grows exponentially. Love poured forth has the power to remove it. Thus is the power of God in our lives.
Marianne Williamson -
Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.
John Lennon The Beatles -
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
H. L. Mencken