H. L. Mencken Quotes
Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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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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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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I still have a young attitude.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a fabulous English teacher, and I would go to school just for her class and then skip out afterwards. That's actually when I started writing, although I didn't think of it then as something I might someday do.
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You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.
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I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.
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The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected.
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But to me what seems to be missing in a lot of portfolios is Cartooning.
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
