H. L. Mencken Quotes
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
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Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.
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I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.
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It's quite stressful knowing that every time you walk out the door, someone is going to be giving you a very good look up and down, judging everything you wear.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
