H. L. Mencken Quotes
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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People don't know how to behave in public anymore.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.
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I'm really into personalities. There have been certain girls that I've been attracted to, but when we got to chatting, it was such a let-down. So for me, a great personality is key.
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I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.
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I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail?
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People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
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What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right?
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
