John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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'...there were some things that were true, and some things that were trite; but what was true was trite, and what was not trite was not true...'
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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
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I am spoiled, it's true. I don't even know how to use that thing in the kitchen with the burners.
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What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.
