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No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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Religion
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxes
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When I die I shall be content to vanish into nothingness…. No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…. I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it. – H.L. Mencken

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Death
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America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. – Gloria Steinem

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America

…a “land of the free” that struggles under the incredible burden of limitless taxes and laws; the home of the “brave” who stay silent to keep their jobs and avoid scrutiny by the IRS or the police. – Fred Woodworth, The Match!, No.74

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America

The Constitution of the United States of America, Article V, Section 1: There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. – Dave Barry

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America

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare. – Eldridge Cleaver

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America

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On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, theyd let me know right away. – John Ratzenberger

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For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion. – Kary Mullis

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In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and theres nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And Im not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more. – Danica Patrick

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cool