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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Unfortunately, the business side of the game shows its head every once in a while. But I still think there's opportunity and chances that we can have good conversations as far as an extension's concerned.
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The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.
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I think every character I play definitely has parts of me. I can't ever play someone that's completely different to me.
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We want to inspire people to work together, giving them hope that we can do something even if we cannot do everything.
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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.