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 IT industry is not known for the best management practices, and increased competition means working to deadlines.
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The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
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I'm kind of weird - I don't get excited. Sometimes I fake that I'm excited just to make people happy.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I didn't ever realize that my ceiling would be this high, that I would be able to play at the major-league level. But here I am. I've been doing it for a while now, so it's certainly a blast. It's something that I want to cherish and make the most of.
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Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum.
