John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
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It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
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I cook chicken for a living.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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I was much more interested by clothes when I was younger. I'm about being discreet. What they call the French touch, whatever that means. Low profile and somehow elegant without being flashy.
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We discount the physical, when, in fact, much of life is physical. People's personalities are partly formed by, or in response to, how they take up space; the physical mask has some relation, howsoever obscure, to the mental work happening underneath.
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In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
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I don't own cable, but my TV came with a Netflix button.
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Im very nurturing.
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My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.
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I want to produce a country album for a country singer.
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We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.
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Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!
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I aint got all that many regrets. I could imagine lots of things that you might think would make a man happier. I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and bad times, but in the end you'll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I've knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.
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Long before the arrival of reality TV - before speed cameras, before recording angels on buses and lampposts - I felt I was living in a country that already knew how to watch itself. It was journalism that held the responsibility for seeing who we were and noticing what we did.
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On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight.
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How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.
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Cardiovascular disease is a major complication of diabetes.
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I'm not interested in replicating 'Hedwig' like a virus.
