H. L. Mencken Quotes
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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I cherish all the time I spent with SM and wish the best for the company.
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Barzai knew so much of the gods that he could tell of their comings and goings, and guessed so many of their secrets that he was deemed half a god himself.
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Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career.
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Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to try to take advantage of, and then there are strategic synergies. In other words, in what positions you would be more sustainable, more long term, and so on.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
