"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

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Sibling Quotes

“Oh, the lies that I have told myself and others. I knew it yet I didn't know.”
“I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.”
“There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky.”
“A very awkward situation occurs often in New York City when you are walking down a relatively empty sidewalk and there happens to be a person walking right next to you in the same direction as you at the exact same pace as you. I never know whether to pass or draft. It becomes sort of a strange competition.”
“You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.”
“Evangelistic preaching is what Daddy does, I never thought I would.”
“I like a guy who makes me laugh, doesn't care about the fame, the show, he just likes me for me, he likes Nicole.”
“The media has created this environment that is okay to say almost anything about somebody who is, you know, right of Jane Fonda. You know, if you are slightly conservative or even libertarian points of view, especially if you are persuasive and charismatic and funny and effective, you will get called the most appalling things.”

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