H. L. Mencken Quotes
As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature's elementary materials.H. L. Mencken
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Ovid -
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie -
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.
Rakul Preet Singh -
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
Barry McGee -
I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
Rafael Nadal
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
Salmon P. Chase -
Turning 18 is a big deal.
Maisie Williams -
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
Usain Bolt -
I got a big mouth.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
Walter Kirn -
Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
Randy Falco
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
Safra A. Catz -
A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
A. R. Rahman -
People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
Tad Williams -
I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.
Quincy Jones -
One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
Yvonne Strahovski -
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.
Bjork -
I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy... I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.
Archie Panjabi -
We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you didn't like the Allman Brothers, you were sacrilegious.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature's elementary materials.
H. L. Mencken