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H. L. Mencken Quotes

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Giving Cow Feeling Milk Write Order

I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can't get to.

Myself Coffee Breakfast Basketball

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Music Opportunity Me Think Done

Babies make you do things for them. They get you up and they get you moving.

Moving You Up Things Get Babies

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Friendship Job Reputation Important

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

Live Alone Day Fun People Singing

I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

Love Music Beach Fire I Am Brother

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.

Job Acting First Paid Movie Kevin

When 'Supernatural' came out, there were a lot of procedurals and you were either a doctor or a cop or lawyer, otherwise the show didn't stay on TV. And then we came around, and I don't want to say we were trailblazers, but we found our niche.

Jared Padalecki

Doctor Lawyer You Say Want Out

If I hear a story or a fact about somebody I don't know and have never met, it's like getting a hollow vessel that you can fill up with whatever you want. That's more tempting to me than to try to replicate what I actually know.

Me Story You Know Want Never

I've worked with people and I've known people that were really competitive, but I've always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job, but if it means hurting someone, I won't do it.

Life Love Job People Laugh Someone

I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.

Love People Me Story Think Raw

I remember playing 'Mortal Kombat' when I was a kid and the other 'Tekken'-style games.

Remember Games Kid Playing Other

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