John N. Mitchell Quotes

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

John N. Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1913 - November 9, 1988

Topics

TreeYouBackCherriesYourPick

You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.

Jenna Bush

ReadingYouWantTeachersThings

I cannot possibly conceive of my planet Earth as the centre of a three-tiered universe. I know rather that the sun, around which my planet Earth revolves, is a middle sized star in a galaxy called the Milky Way that has over a hundred billion other suns or stars within it.

John Shelby Spong

StarsSunUniverseEarthKnowWay

When I finally got the chance to do 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' my peers embraced me with the same attitude. They didn't make me feel small or insignificant. They treated me as a peer. It was a wonderful experience.

Sterling K. Brown

AttitudeExperiencePeopleMeSmall

I grew up on Wu-Tang and Tribe and Nas, all the raw, very New York-driven music. Then when I got older - in my late teens, early twenties - and that's when I started to listen to Drake and J. Cole, and so it wasn't just East-coast.

Logic

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An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

Desi Arnaz

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Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.

Christopher Eccleston

SupportHelpCameraYouWantActor

I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

Christopher McQuarrie

LoveYouOverWatchWhereDifferent

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

Brene Brown

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Veterans Day is a time to reflect and renew our commitment to ensure our military heroes have the tools to reintegrate successfully back to civilian life.

Bobby Kotick

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I find, a lot of the time, kids can get stuck on, 'Oh no, he doesn't have blue eyes,' with books. You're kind of like, 'Well, that you're going to get over by the time the movie comes out.'

Wyck Godfrey

EyesTimeBlueYouFindKind

If there's one thing, I've been pretty good at evaluating people.

Phil Knight

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I think good books have to make a few people angry.

Mark Haddon

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