Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz - the invention and freeness within a structure.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 31, 1957

Topics

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As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had.

Jesse Andrews

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Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races.

John Lewis

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I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

Matt Mullenweg

WorkIdeasSmallSometimesOutBig

I put a lot of trust in my stylist, Micaela Erlanger.

Ana de Armas

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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

Ama Ata Aidoo

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I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.

Sienna Miller

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I don't care what anybody says: Nothing is better than a tomato you grow. There's something about it that's different than a tomato you can buy. It's a great thing.

Tom Vilsack

GreatCareGrowBetterYouNothing

I always like balance. If I'm playing rock music all the time, chances are I'll start craving some lighter, poppier stuff, both to listen to and to play. I compare music to massage. If someone's been working on your back for a long time, you really want them to move down to your legs or something.

Rivers Cuomo

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Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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I looked like an alien, and in front of the most beautiful people on TV.

Christine Taylor

BeautifulPeopleAlienMost Beautiful

For the average person, 98 percent of those who fought in the Civil War, they did not own slaves. They were simply answering the call, and in this case many, many young men - 17, 18 years old - coming in to defend what they saw as a federal invasion of Virginia, and they fought honorably.

Corey Stewart

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I would say that the directors that I've liked the most are all curious in nature - curious thinkers. They're all big questioners, I would say, first and foremost.

Brad Pitt

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