John Mitchell Quotes
The significance works on several levels. The primary significance is based on my theory that Earth isn’t home to us and we are merely visitors. At the very least we are a hybrid species intent on being at odds with our surroundings. I personally feel a great disconnect with this planet. We belong elsewhere. We’re not home.
Quotes to Explore
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'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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We need a NASA-like organization for ocean exploration, because we need to be exploring and protecting our life support systems here on Earth.
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.
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Big will always be a part of my life. But I'm still on this Earth, so I have to live my life for now and the future.
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I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
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There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.
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I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything.
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I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians.
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Every time I come home, and every time before I leave, I invite all my friends and I get hummus from this little shack in Tel Aviv called Baadunas.
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When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.
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All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That's seriously what I do.
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Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.
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As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
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In my Ph.D. thesis, written in 1989, I discussed the fact that when a civilization develops the technology to prevent catastrophic asteroid impacts, it marks a significant moment in the evolution of the planet.
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Iran has had a very harmful effect in a variety of ways in the region... fomenting unrest to a degree in Saudi Arabia, undoubtedly in Bahrain, and definitely in Yemen with Hamas, with Lebanese Hezbollah among other activities in locations.
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Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.
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The significance works on several levels. The primary significance is based on my theory that Earth isn’t home to us and we are merely visitors. At the very least we are a hybrid species intent on being at odds with our surroundings. I personally feel a great disconnect with this planet. We belong elsewhere. We’re not home.
