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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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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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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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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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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I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
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The reason I wanted to do 'The First Men in the Moon' was that there is something so challenging in the combination of space travel and the Edwardian period.
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Academic success depends on research and publications.
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My favorite team while I was growing up was the New Orleans Saints. My favorite player was Joe Horn.
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
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The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.
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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.
