John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
Nowadays, the term 'selling out' doesn't exist anymore because everyone is trying to make a living.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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In the late '80s, I think my vision was chasing people out of the room. Nobody else thought like this. I was really this pro-sex feminist.
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Nowadays, the term 'selling out' doesn't exist anymore because everyone is trying to make a living.
