George J. Mitchell Quotes
You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
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Of course I get hurt.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I have not seen 'Vaalu' yet, but I am sure it will be good.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
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Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
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You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.
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I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.
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Perfectionist? That's not something I am.
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Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.
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All my favorite books and movies are franchises like 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings,' so that was always the dream, that maybe I'll get to write a series of my own.
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There seems to be a kind of order in the universe, in the movement of the stars and the turning of the earth and the changing of the seasons, and even in the cycle of human life. But human life itself is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own rights and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own.
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In my experience, fledgling entrepreneurs focus way too much on the money - you can get most things done and figure out a lot without spending much. That said, most businesses require money to launch and get off the ground.
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No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
