Elvis Mitchell Quotes

Given the knee-jerk patriotism of recent war movies, it's discouraging to see 'Windtalkers' evade pertinent facts that could have recast the doubled-edged issues of racism and loyalty and made them relevant to contemporary times.

Elvis Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 6, 1958

Topics

LoyaltyPatriotismRacismWarFacts

I started acting when I got a summer job at the Everyman Theater Company with the Neighborhood Youth Corps.

Robert Gossett

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The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

Max Baucus

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People have the right to say whatever they want.

Matt Lauer

PeopleSayWantRightWhatever

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

Michael Gove

KnowledgeKeySocialMobility

We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!

Jean Nidetch

CakeEatingSayingFatSomeoneWish

If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.

Simone Biles

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With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.

Rodney Dangerfield

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It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.

Martin Van Buren

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I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think it was a great cross for him to bear that he couldn't get out and be with his fans.

Minnie Pearl

TodayGreatThinkAliveBearOut

I find I often do my best work when I'm not attached to the outcome of the audition.

Lorraine Toussaint

WorkBestFindOutcomeAudition

I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'... It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

Logan Lerman

LifeBookMy LifeDoingBeingJust

My writing process is a mix of research, personal experiences, washing the dishes, raising kids while thinking - then writing.

Jean Craighead George

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