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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I'm still off hamburgers.
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When I do my hair down, it just does not look good. It's just stringy, and it's like a hot mess.
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In all candor, if I'd been President of the United States, I'd have ordered the plane landed at the nearest Air Force base, and I'd have been over here, ok?
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all by all and deep by deep and more by more they dream their sleep noone and anyone earth by april wish by spirit and if by yes
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A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.
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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.
