George J. Mitchell Quotes
My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Let the president answer a higher anarchy. Strap him with an AK-47, let him go, fight his own war. Let him impress daddy that way. No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil.
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When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.
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I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and condemn the anti-Semitic statements and actions of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and Khalid Muhammed.
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You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.
