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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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 believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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To me, what I realized when we were doing 'Spinal Tap' - and the four of us wrote that - is, really, the core of that is the relationship with the two guys who grew up together and that strain when the girlfriend comes in. If that wasn't there, it's a very different movie. Then it's just bumbling guys stumbling along.
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We don't own a TV. My kids are always outdoors.
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It happens to people. People ruin things they love! I'm sure the guy who played Jar Jar Binks loved 'Star Wars.'
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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.
