John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to.
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My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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There's something about some of my favorite musicals that they put me in a sort of heightened state where I feel like I'm floating out of the theater rather than walking out.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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I've got a transcendental way of thinking about things. I've got a galactic self.
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Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm trying to change. And that's the message I bring to the people.
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The notion of being on a cop show was appealing, just because it's one of those tick boxes in a career.
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Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.
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I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.
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Sometimes you have to shake the tree in order to make things happen. And if that has a political cost, I will take it, as long as it saves lives.
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In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in its greatness.
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I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future.
