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H. L. Mencken Quotes

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Church Heaven Place Will Never Get

Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.

Jim Bridenstine

Veterans Bargaining Chip Disabled

We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.

Work Live Courage Walk Effort Wind

I love, love writing about Los Angeles. I love exploring every part of it. And I find, rather than a burden, it's actually one of the most enjoyable parts of the writing process for me. I love everything about L.A. Okay, not the traffic. But I love the way it looks. I love the geography. I love the diversity.

Love Diversity Me Writing Process

I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result.

Rufus Wainwright

Decision Think Result Stronger You

People change because of kids. They change how they eat. They change the way they think. They change the way they see one another.

Change People Think People Change

I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence.

Confidence Too Much Trash Talk Deal

Anytime somebody tells me they saw 'Safety Not Guaranteed' in the theater, my answer is, 'That was you?'

Colin Trevorrow

Me Safety You Answer Saw Somebody

I tell myself that water is my medicine and that to stay well, I have to drink a gallon of it every day.

Water Myself Day Medicine Every Day

When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence.

Life Children Challenge Identity

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

Work Stand Possible Own Like Much

Metaphorically speaking, of course, if I put a problem behind my pillow and fall asleep, very often because my brain went to sleep with that idea or the problem alive, very often in the middle of the night I wake up, and I wake up with a solution or with a direction of solution.

Sleep Brain Night Wake Up Direction

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

Suzanne Farrell

Pain Sacrifice World Why Dancing

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