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H. L. Mencken Quotes

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Best Better Political Baptism Circus

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

Children Child Look Take For Granted

I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness in counterterrorism. Because if the technology development was successful, a logical place to apply it was inside the United States.

John Poindexter

Technology Beginning Information

The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.

Millicent Fawcett

Women First Opposition Against Dates

I didn't finish high school - left home when I was 15. I moved away to Fresno and worked as a grocery clerk. I went to college part-time at California State Fresno, and then ended up finishing in two and a half years because I wanted to get on with things.

Home School College High School High

For Black Music Month, I would definitely want to celebrate Isaac Hayes.

Music Celebrate Black Want Month

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

Man Secret Open Side Actions Most

Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Funny Art Literature Other Drawn

I always wanted to host a show, throw whipped-cream pies. Theater is not my cup of tea.

Tea Always Cup Show Host Throw

The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.

Douglas Alexander

People Feel Understanding Always

I feel like no matter what I write about, I try to end up being the stronger person in the situation. Even in heartbreak, I feel like I'm a much stronger person because of that. I don't want to just write a sad song and still feel sad after that. I want to feel stronger and better.

Sad Song End Better Feel Stronger

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

Thought Always Realism Idealism

Butterfly was certainly a vehicle for me, and if it died, it still would have served its purpose, in spades. We never expected it to give me the visibility it has given me. It was just a small thing as a vehicle, and suddenly the whole world knew about it.

Butterfly Purpose Me World Small

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