Donald G. Mitchell Quotes
Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the 'best' in your chosen field, whatever it is.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
-
Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
-
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
-
The director had come to Madrid to court me.
-
I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
-
Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
-
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
-
I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
-
I do watch a lot of YouTube.
-
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
-
We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
-
Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
-
All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
-
We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
-
You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
-
I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.
-
I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
-
I do believe in the potential of like-minded people coming together.
-
Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
-
I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
-
Only medical hypnosis is capable of opening up amnesia.
-
The females don't respect themselves; they only think materialistically. They want money, but they don't think, I'm gonna get this money on my own, they think, I'm gonna get money from this guy.
-
If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.
-
Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the 'best' in your chosen field, whatever it is.
