H. L. Mencken Quotes
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
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I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.
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My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When I hit the stage and people do not know who I am, they automatically assume, before I open my mouth, I am going to sing a Bob Marley song!
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My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.
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I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings.
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Harry Dresden: Keep in mind that this appears in the same book of the Bible that approves the death sentence for a child who curses his parents, owners of oxen who injure someone through the owner's negligence, anybody who works or kindles a fire on Sunday, and anyone who has sex with an animal.
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I'm a human being and I will make mistakes from time to time but what I will say is that any mistakes I make are very honest ones.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
