H. L. Mencken Quotes
To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. 3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?
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A lot of people have, like, 95 percent of their wealth in bitcoin. Great for them, but I got to be smart.
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If you're still in a bar when the lights go on, you are a loser.
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I have just been refining the room in which I sit, yet I sometimes doubt that a writer should refine or improve his workroom by so much as a dictionary: one thing leads to another and the first thing you know he has a stuffed chair and is fast asleep in it.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. 3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.
