H. L. Mencken Quotes
Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum.
Quotes to Explore
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The real war will never get in the books.
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
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Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
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Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'
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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
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I had no interest in high school besides art.
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I find Denver's hipster scene to be fully unique.
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There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it.
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I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.
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All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
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When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
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I think that, in the end, the military behavior and intelligence services are not very different from each other. It's an attitude of hunters; they're observing the prey.
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I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.
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When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
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'But what am I to do?' cried the Prince.'What you feel you must,' said the Theel. 'That’s the only thing to do at any time.'
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The gray-green stretch of sandy grass,Indefinitely desolate;A sea of lead, a sky of slate;Already autumn in the air, alas!One stark monotony of stone,The long hotel, acutely white,Against the after-sunset lightWithers gray-green, and takes the grass's tone.
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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
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Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
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I have no doubt that Russia tried to meddle in our election. They're going to continue trying to - just like they have my entire lifetime.
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I eagerly awaited visitors, but the anticipation and the extra energy of greetings caused a numbing exhaustion. As the first stories unfolded, my spirit held on to the conversation as best it could—I so wanted these connections to the outside world—but my body sank beneath waves of weakness. Still, my friends were golden threads randomly appearing in the monotonous fabric of my days. Each visit was a window that opened momentarily into the life I had once known, always falling shut before I could make my way back through. The visits were like dreams from which I awoke once more alone.
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Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum.
