Elvis Mitchell Quotes
I saw Berry in concert a couple of times in the late '70s - and like almost every North American male of a certain age, I went because a friend was hired by Berry that very day to be part of the legend's backup band.
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To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.
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I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work by quite the same rules. And their studio heads have a lot of autonomy.
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Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
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I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
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There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans.
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I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.
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I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
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We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.
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There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
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The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.
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Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
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I have learned that not diamonds but divorce lawyers are a girl's best friend.
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If what I went through on a national level, the trouble between me and my wife, if it helps one couple going through the same thing... if it saves one family, it's worth it.
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I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as well - and it's heartbreaking that people can see something and not feel it.
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Naturally. I like to see General Motors stock register a good price on the market, but that is just a matter of pride... What has counted with me is the true value of the property as a business return on investment.
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One thing I didn't think upon getting married: that my style would - or could - change.
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I saw Berry in concert a couple of times in the late '70s - and like almost every North American male of a certain age, I went because a friend was hired by Berry that very day to be part of the legend's backup band.
