H. L. Mencken Quotes
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
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I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
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I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.
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My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.
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I don't think I'm an outsider at all.
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You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.
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Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing.
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Remorse - Regret that one waited so long to do it.
