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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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me / With the agility to escape a killer bee colony.
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
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Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
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You can believe in Fung Shui if you want, but ultimately people control their own fate. The most important thing is to improve yourself and give it your best. Then many things previously thought to be impossible will become possible.
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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.
