Donald G. Mitchell Quotes

I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.

Donald G. Mitchell

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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.

Karen Bender
- People
- Thought
- Weird
Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.

Umberto Eco
- Life
- Happy
- Sad
A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.

Taya Kyle
- God
- Help
- Me
It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

Katarina Witt
- Years
- New
- Ice
Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.

Brown Campbell
- Flying
- Calm
- Rattle
From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

Olav Thon
- Life
- Family
- Night