George J. Mitchell Quotes

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area.

George J. Mitchell

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FatherMotherSonParentsImmigrants

We typically hear numbers that there are 34 million households that are in stocks in some form. Well, I say that what's occurred is if you have a job in this country, you're in stocks.

Jim Cramer

JobYouCountryNumbersSayWell

I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.

Joan Allen

GoodGirlSadTimeAngryMe

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

Johan Huizinga

LifeInfluenceGivingLuxuryEasy

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

Ambrose Bierce

ArtThinkingLogicMisunderstanding

Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.

Rowan Atkinson

WorkEnjoyLazyBecauseJust

I am one of those artists who knows where their money is. I pay my bills; I take care of my mama. I handle my business. I am a businessman. I go to meetings and take care of things, so it's a lot more than just partying and turning up.

Juicy J

BusinessMoneyI AmCareMeetings

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

Donald Barthelme

FatherMotherGreatArchitectureShe

If you join the Boy Scouts without understanding the underlying agendas and biases of the organization, you might grow up to believe that being gay is a bad thing.

Douglas Rushkoff

OrganizationBelieveGrowYouBad

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Corrie Ten Boom

FutureGodTrustUnknownNever

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

Antonio Conte

ExperienceYourselfLearnYouLose

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

YouGoSometimesLet GoFilm

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Thomas Carlyle

ManBadWhoOnceWhollyHeartily

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