H. L. Mencken Quotes
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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We don't think much about climate change and rising sea levels here in the U.S. Beyond a few gardeners, birders and hikers who notice the changes in our own ecosystem, we live on, blissfully unaware of our changing Earth. Our storms - Katrina, Sandy - are dismissed as once-in-a-century events.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted.
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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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Leaks are always bad news.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.
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I don't know where I come from but I'm here now so deal with it.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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The Internet won't skip a beat, and neither will I. Technology is constantly changing and evolving.
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I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.
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I just want someone who will love me for me and not judge me for my flaws.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
