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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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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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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My story as an artist has been about trial and error. It's been about artist development, character building, struggle, happiness and failure, family, and music.
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I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.
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I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
