H. L. Mencken Quotes

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
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Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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What maintains the marriage and what is it? Only the knowledge of the hearts, that is its beginning and end.
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I am showing my pupils details of an immense landscape which they cannot possibly know their way around.
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'Sleep' is a project I've been thinking about for many years. It just seems like society has been moving more and more in a direction where we needed it. Our psychological space is being increasingly populated by data. And we expend an enormous amount of energy curating data.
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Every country wants to protect its athletes because it's ultimately Germany vs. Spain, America vs. China; sports are an extension of the government because of national pride.
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Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.