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.H. L. Mencken
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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.
Ida B. Wells -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
Irving Wallace -
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
Yair Lapid -
Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
Yannis Stournaras -
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.
Irina Shayk
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
Nathalie Sarraute -
It's a very good historical book about history.
Dan Quayle -
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.
Brown Campbell -
Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
Randy Newman -
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.
Harlan Coben -
I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
Walid Muallem
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I got a big mouth.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
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.
Jacob Bronowski -
I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
Lana Parrilla -
A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
Kate Chopin -
My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
Aaron Paul -
Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!
Ted Williams
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I like this idea of becoming fully realised.
Chris Pine -
I'd love to go out on a Saturday night with my friends and watch a movie, but that happens really like once a year or a couple of times.
Lydia Ko -
California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
Frances Beinecke -
I was born to fight devils and factions. It is my business to remove obstacles, to cut down thorns, to fill up quagmires and to open and make straight paths. If I must have some failing let me rather speak the truth with too great sincerity than once to act the hypocrite and conceal the truth.
Martin Luther -
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.
H. L. Mencken