Donald G. Mitchell Quotes
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
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Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.
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When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.
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I write every day.
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There's so many gatekeepers to getting in front of showrunners or executives. If we pull those middlemen out, and we get women in rooms with the executives, the people hiring, it seems to break down barriers. Because they can no longer say, 'There just aren't any women to hire,' when you're surrounded by fifty of them.
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But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
