H. L. Mencken Quotes
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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Venus favors the bold.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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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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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band that didn't have any future.
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For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.
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There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
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You must work for yourself; for what you reject may be as important for you to have seen and thought about, as what you adopt.
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
