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.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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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.
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I got a big mouth.
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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.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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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.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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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.
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I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.
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I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.
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I love Scrivener. I've been using it since early 2007, and now I can't imagine working in anything else.
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Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees.
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blessing the boats (at saint mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that
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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.
