H. L. Mencken Quotes
Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.
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My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.
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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.
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Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.
