H. L. Mencken Quotes

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

Topics

GoodPeopleDemocracyKnowWantGet

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

Jim Leach

GreatShoesYourselfLearnYouRead

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

Jenifer Lewis

WomanHairIndependentFilmSalon

India has a long tradition of reinterpreting religious myths.

Amish Tripathi

TraditionLongIndiaReligiousMyths

I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren't true. Every impressive achievement is not genius.

Ron Howard

AchievementThinkGeniusTrueAround

I only live in my music, and I have scarcely begun one thing when I start on another. As I am now working, I am often engaged on three or four things at the same time.

Ludwig van Beethoven

LiveMusicTimeI AmStartThree

That statesman is indeed happy who can count as his friends the really honest and consistent, the true Patriots, and the men of honorable thought.

Dorothea Dix

MenHappyThoughtFriendsTrue

The struggle I went through has value.

Clara Hughes

StruggleValueThrough

Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.

Bruno Dumont

ArtistPlayActorRightMustRole

You don't have to look like a warrior in every role.

Prabhas

WarriorYouLookRoleLikeEvery

I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe.

Sharon Stone

MomentBeginningMeLookingAward

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

Nicola Adams

LifeAngerYouChooseReactEmotion

In society, you are taught to belong. You have to belong to something.

Richard Cabral

SocietyYouBelongSomethingTaught

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