Elvis Mitchell Quotes

Often, when Jim Carrey plays it straight, all of the vitality is drained from his face; he looks like a root-canal patient trying out a pleasant expression for his oral surgeon.

Elvis Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaceTryingLooksSurgeonOut

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

Mayim Bialik

ParentingLearnTryingNothingWay

When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.

John Lasseter

BeautyArtSchoolPeopleMeBook

Usually, I'm just pleasing myself and I have very similar tastes I think to an audience, what that core audience really likes.

Robert Rodriguez

MyselfThinkAudienceCoreJust

I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.

John Hickenlooper

MyselfServicePublic ServiceSay

About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.

Sidney Altman

PowerTimeBookEleganceTableSaw

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.

Ronnie Corbett

FunnyThoughtsFeelComedySay

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.

Monte Irvin

LifeGoodHeartDo The Right Thing

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

DJ Khaled

PowerPeopleKeyWantVoteNeed

The grand jury system - not just in Ferguson, but nationwide - needs a hard look. Millions feel that officers who are trigger-happy are handed a license to shoot - based not on facts, but on stereotypes the officers carry.

Donna Brazile

FactsFeelLookStereotypesHard

If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.

David Walton

HockeyLearnYouBackPlayKnow

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

Clay Matthews III

AccomplishWantWayAnythingGet

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

Bob Kerrey

WinOpinionThinkDoneWantNeed

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