H. L. Mencken Quotes
To the man with an ear for verbal delicacies - the man who searches painfully for the perfect word, and puts the way of saying a thing above the thing said - there is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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So what's your second suggestion?" "Tread lightly." "That's it? That's the best advice you can give me?" "All right, tread very lightly.
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When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing.
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We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good.
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The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life - and one is as good as another.
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You can't fake it. Bad writing is a gift.
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To the man with an ear for verbal delicacies - the man who searches painfully for the perfect word, and puts the way of saying a thing above the thing said - there is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.
