H. L. Mencken Quotes
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
Harold Pinter -
More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
Tadashi Yanai -
Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
Owen Arthur -
I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
Fergus Henderson -
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
P. J. O'Rourke -
No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.
Nancy Pearcey
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
Carine Roitfeld -
I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Yoshihiko Noda -
A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
Barry Hannah -
Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
Kate Fleetwood -
Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world.
Patrick Geddes -
Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
Brown Campbell
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I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
Laura Innes -
I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
Farnaz Fassihi -
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Hans Kung -
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
Maggie Smith -
Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
Nas -
I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
Kate Middleton -
I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
Ian Frazier -
It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.
Karen Bender -
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken