H. L. Mencken Quotes
The theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honest. There is little support for that theory in known facts.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I got a big mouth.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
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There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
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I work, play and do everything in French.
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Other wars end eventually in victory, defeat or exhaustion, but the war between men and women goes on forever.
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In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world.
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The theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honest. There is little support for that theory in known facts.
