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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. - H.L. Mencken

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. – H.L. Mencken

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. – H.L. Mencken

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Life
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The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous. – H.L. Mencken

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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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If you listen to Giuliani, its like nobody did anything to improve the city except him. Im not part of the history. Bloombergs not part of the history. Its like, he did it. Hes the only one. Thats why hes a little crazy. – Ed Koch

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If you go back through 2000 years, I guess luck, Marx, and God have made history, the three of them together. – Theodore White

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Part of what I loved – and love – about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. Im interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. Im interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. – Jon Meacham

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Given enough coffee, I could rule the world. – Author Unknown

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Theres an album by Antonio Carlos Jobim – the album with The Girl From Ipanema. Thats the most seductive music ever. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena. – Wilhelm Reich

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One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach – of course – and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful. – Oksana Baiul

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