Elvis Mitchell Quotes

In 'The Adjustment Bureau,' Damon shows movie-star concentration as David Norris, a politician whose world ambitions hit a pothole when his angry streak becomes public.

Elvis Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AngryWorldConcentrationAdjustment

When I was in high school, I had a notebook that I filled up with rules about lying. It must have been a hundred pages long - one hundred pages of rules about lying!

Jesse Ball

SchoolHigh SchoolLongRulesLying

You want educated women if you are going to have a modern society.

Anand Mahindra

WomenSocietyYouWantModernGoing

My parents wanted me and my siblings to practice some sports outside school. And since we lived next to a tennis club, we decided to play tennis. I didn't have an idol, so to speak, but I always enjoyed watching Pete Sampras and Alex Corretja.

Stan Wawrinka

SportsSchoolPracticeParentsMe

That idea of not always being in control of the primitive parts of yourself - the bits that fall in love or the bits that dance or lose the plot or drink too much - and putting that across... that's pop for me. It's playing with all the different colours of the rainbow of life.

Roisin Murphy

LifeLoveDanceYourselfRainbowMe

I love being outdoors and trekking around.

Mike Schultz

LoveOutdoorsBeingAroundI Love

I didn't connect with the kids. I was in the studio. I never saw the kids. I hoped they liked it, of course. And then I'd go write some more. And then I'd go buy me a home. Very American.

Chuck Berry

HomeMeAmericanGoNeverWrite

I feel a responsibility to myself, and not so much for the world at large. Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose.

Anton Corbijn

MyselfResponsibilityPurposeWorld

In 2003, being Virginia Player of the Year was an amazing feeling because I think that was the moment I realized I could actually, really go far in my sport, and I was actually, really good at something. At that moment, I knew that I could play at a high level.

Ali Krieger

GoodMomentAmazingThinkYearPlay

I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

Willie Stargell

MenGameLovedLineHitBase

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

William Hazlitt

WiseNeverShallWhichCeaseTruths

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

Peter Diamandis

PeopleInternetWillEightBillion

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.

Sheila Nevins

MeLivingAirQuickRespondInstant

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