John Cameron Mitchell quote: "I walk out of my apartment, and St. Vincent's is standing there like a ghost ship. That was the ground zero of AIDS in New York: a conservative institution that quickly adapted to its unconventional patients and made heroic efforts to try and save them."

Our feet are planted in the real world, but we dance with angels and ghosts.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Nothing is a calling card. Everything is what you do. If you do it in order to get somewhere else, y...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I think I was scared of the drag thing, as a lot of gay boys are. It's sort of knocked out of yo...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the 'H...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Isn't it funny - why is it called a tennis bracelet? It doesn't seem very tennis, does it?
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

There's something cool about being a stealth classic.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Acceptance and assimilation, you know, breeds mediocrity and perhaps an even more sheep-like conform...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

London is the English-speaking theatre capital.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

The think that we hung the film version all on was 'Hedwig' on tour. On stage, it's one ...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Queerness isn't just Lady Gaga and overpriced drinks and fauxhawks. It's James Baldwin and B...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

There's nothing more Broadway than 'Hedwig.' It's very family-friendly. There's ...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I put on some make-up, turn on the 8-track, and I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf - suddenly I...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - ...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

We're all weirdly single, middle-aged women with too much money who look to fill the void with t...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For m...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I'm an honorary old Jewish lady of the West Village.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Chaos is the natural state, and theater tries to make sense of it, but it's got to be a little m...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future.
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Compared to other liberal cities like San Francisco and Amsterdam, New Yorkers are always trying to ...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Having been an actor in Hollywood for a certain amount of time, I always felt a pressure to be sort ...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

'Hedwig' was pretty much all the things I wanted to do that other people said I probably sho...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

People know what 'Hedwig' is now, and that's wonderful. It's not the same as being s...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story whi...
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bod...
JOHN CAMERON

My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.
JOHN CAMERON

We developed simple test tools to optimize imaging parameters. No company was interested in our idea...
JOHN CAMERON

In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.
JOHN CAMERON

In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image qu...
JOHN CAMERON

Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society.
JOHN CAMERON

When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many op...
JOHN CAMERON

Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain...
JOHN CAMERON

I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.
JOHN CAMERON

It's a real comfortable ride. We really appreciate Five Star's philanthropy and their help in making...
JOHN MITCHELL

He may as well have drawn a target on his forehead.
JOHN MITCHELL

We've seen the energy shock before, but the difference today is there isn't a lot of excess capacity...
JOHN MITCHELL

After many years working as a successful businessman, I knew that if I were ever going to take a ser...
JOHN MITCHELL

In the long term, an easier balance may be restored by competition from other fuels ... and from the...
JOHN MITCHELL

He is jogging and cycling and swimming,
JOHN MITCHELL

They've selected a pack that's going to carry and obviously try to put some dents in the line. On pa...
JOHN MITCHELL

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Smile when it hurts most.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charit...
JOHN MITCHELL MASON

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love...
JOHN N. MITCHELL

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Let us be tried by our actions.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife
JOHN N. MITCHELL

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, wa...
JOHN N. MITCHELL

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
JOHN N. MITCHELL

Social media... it's the future for the new generation.
CAMERON DALLAS

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
MATT CAMERON

When you take a subject and reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite and a check mark on...
KIRK CAMERON

I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, inc...
MATT CAMERON

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switc...
MATT CAMERON

I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path f...
MATT CAMERON

Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.
MATT CAMERON

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard tim...
MATT CAMERON

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship j...
MATT CAMERON

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to ...
MATT CAMERON

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgard...
MATT CAMERON

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.
MATT CAMERON

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what'...
MATT CAMERON

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.
MATT CAMERON

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.
MATT CAMERON

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like t...
MATT CAMERON

I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't...
MATT CAMERON

I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
MATT CAMERON

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked be...
MATT CAMERON

If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.
MATT CAMERON

Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming a...
MATT CAMERON

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was f...
MATT CAMERON

I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.
MATT CAMERON

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
MATT CAMERON

I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hy...
MATT CAMERON

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procras...
CAMERON DIAZ

Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it...
KIRK CAMERON

I read that all dogs have wolf DNA in them, which seemed preposterous because my dog, Tucker, is... ...
BRUCE CAMERON

I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first ...
BRUCE CAMERON

My dog's name is Tucker, and his DNA is unidentifiable and suspect.
BRUCE CAMERON

My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth....
BRUCE CAMERON

I am stunned by how much time and effort I must spend marketing my book and interacting with my read...
BRUCE CAMERON

We have enforced a Darwinian process on wolves, turning them into the shy and elusive animals they&#...
BRUCE CAMERON

If I'm right, the only reason our species is still around is because of our friendship with the ...
BRUCE CAMERON

With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morn...
BRUCE CAMERON

The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour per...
BRUCE CAMERON

A lot of people think I am the one to turn to for dog behavior issues. I'm not. All you have to ...
BRUCE CAMERON

I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweate...
CAMERON RUSSELL

I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing g...
CAMERON DIAZ

Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.
JAMES CAMERON

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for ...
DAVID CAMERON

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.
DAVID CAMERON

I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is ever...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't ha...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. ...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

I'm sure in the history of Harvard, and the history of most schools, there's been some prett...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

One thing I don't believe I am at all is bitter.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue ...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of soci...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

With great ideas come great changes. Bitcoin's that.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

One of the cool things about amateur athletics is that, I think, the pursuit is sort of the pursuit ...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Valuation is what people are willing to pay.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

I do think that people have moments of realisation in real life - even if it's on their death be...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

A lot of people don't want to deal with the effort needed to secure your bitcoins. That's wh...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing wit...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it serio...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we'...
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
CAMERON WINKLEVOSS

The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.
CAMERON SINCLAIR

I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
CAMERON SINCLAIR

Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it.
CAMERON SINCLAIR

A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that o...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

When you as a designer design something that burdens a community with maintenance and old world tech...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can cre...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.
CAMERON SINCLAIR

Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevat...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainabili...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round ...
CAMERON SINCLAIR

One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
CAMERON RUSSELL

My favorite outfit is baggy black corduroy pants and a baggy T-shirt.
CAMERON RUSSELL

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new ward...
CAMERON RUSSELL

Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people ...
CAMERON RUSSELL

When you're looking through a magazine, you'd think every single person's a different pe...
CAMERON RUSSELL

I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is...
CAMERON RUSSELL

The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible...
CAMERON RUSSELL

Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.
CAMERON RUSSELL

If you are ever wondering, 'If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair will I be happier?' yo...
CAMERON RUSSELL

My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look ...
CAMERON RUSSELL

Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when ...
CAMERON RUSSELL

My last two years of high school, I think I went to Burger King every day for lunch.
CAMERON RUSSELL

You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Int...
CAMERON RUSSELL

Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Modelling is an incredible platform.
CAMERON RUSSELL

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
CAMERON RUSSELL

I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appear...
CAMERON RUSSELL

Image is powerful, but image is also superficial.
CAMERON RUSSELL

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.
CAMERON RUSSELL

They used to call me Cam-bones because I was so skinny.
CAMERON RICHARDSON

I can be shy, but I'm not shy with my body. Everyone is naked under their clothes - so what?
CAMERON RICHARDSON

I'm just a regular girl who likes to go snowboarding and picks her nose like anybody else. I jus...
CAMERON RICHARDSON

I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
CAMERON MONAGHAN

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Fargo.'
CAMERON MONAGHAN

With Scarlett Johansson, I always thought she was pretty, but then when I heard her sing, there was ...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

'Prom' is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers' lives leading up to the prom, ...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
CAMERON MONAGHAN

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Fri...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get t...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especia...
CAMERON MONAGHAN

I work out, and I try to stay active and fit so I can enjoy certain foods that I like to eat. I try ...
CAMERON MATHISON

I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit ...
CAMERON MATHISON

Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with...
CAMERON MATHISON

I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They...
CAMERON MATHISON

Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in th...
CAMERON MATHISON

I have been given permission to announce that I and others from 'All My Children' have been ...
CAMERON MATHISON

The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work ...
CAMERON MATHISON

I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and ...
CAMERON MATHISON

Sometimes the most difficult, horrific things can be the greatest spiritual teachers.
CAMERON MATHISON

Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my ...
CAMERON MATHISON

Being a father makes everything in the world make sense.
CAMERON MATHISON

I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
CAMERON DOKEY

I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling abou...
CAMERON DOKEY

I love being a writer. I don't really want to do anything else!
CAMERON DOKEY

I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
CAMERON DOKEY

I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
CAMERON DIAZ

Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no a...
CAMERON DIAZ

People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really ...
CAMERON DIAZ

I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, ...
CAMERON DIAZ

I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not ...
CAMERON DIAZ

I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
CAMERON DIAZ

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do ...
CAMERON DIAZ

I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
CAMERON DIAZ

I did all my heavy partying before I turned sixteen.
CAMERON DIAZ

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm pr...
CAMERON DIAZ

I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner... o...
CAMERON DIAZ

Grease is the only cure for a hangover.
CAMERON DIAZ

Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.
CAMERON DIAZ

I walk out of my apartment, and St. Vincent's is standing there like a ghost ship. That was the ground zero of AIDS in New York: a conservative institution that quickly adapted to its unconventional patients and made heroic efforts to try and save them.

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I walk out of my apartment, and St. Vincent's is standing there like a ghost ship. That was the ground zero of AIDS in New York: a conservative institution that quickly adapted to its unconventional patients and made heroic efforts to try and save them.

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