H. L. Mencken Quotes

When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it.

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The American dream is about freedom.
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy, and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
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I have a lot of stories to tell because I've been down a lot of roads people haven't been.
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That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints on this office, I think, sometimes would leave me to mutter under my breath. Very rarely did I lose it publicly. Yeah, usually I'd just smile.
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That was a major goal for me - to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be. People get very trapped where they are.
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If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.
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When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it.