H. L. Mencken Quotes
A novelty loses nothing by the fact that it is a novelty; it rather gains something, and particularly if it meets the national fancy for the terse, the vivid, and, above all, the bold and imaginative.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
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There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.
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There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.
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You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.
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Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary.
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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.
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The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.
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I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're good, and if they get fans, then you move on to the next band.
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I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
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I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.
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You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah
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Ἔσω βλέπε· μηδενὸς πράγματος μήτε ἡ ἰδία ποιότης μήτε ἡ ἀξία παρατρεχέτω σε.
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Emerald Bay is absolutely beautiful and a definite must see.
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Some of them wanted to take advantage of the disturbed situation.
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In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.
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Scientists are always skeptics.
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When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
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A novelty loses nothing by the fact that it is a novelty; it rather gains something, and particularly if it meets the national fancy for the terse, the vivid, and, above all, the bold and imaginative.
