H. L. Mencken Quotes
One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable.
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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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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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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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I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.
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I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.
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If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano.
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Everybody is important. Everybody has something to give.
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Younger women are willing to go out with high status males. If you look at the kind of women Salman Rushdie attracts, they tend to be intelligent, arty types. For her, it's a kudos thing. The man just wants a good-looking girl because he imagines that when his friends see him, they'll all think, 'Gosh I wish I was him.'
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I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.
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One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable.
