H. L. Mencken Quotes
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.
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My first memory of the Rolling Stones is listening to 'Satisfaction' at a sixth-grade slumber party at a friend's house in Ankara, Turkey, where my family was living at the time. In the middle of our sleepover, my friend's dad stopped the record when he heard the words 'girlie action!'
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I have become quite good at repurposing and reusing much of what comes into the house. The goal is to generate as little waste as possible.
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On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
