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Mitchell, John
1785–1859
1785–1859
1
The most important political question on which modern times have to decide is the policy that must now be pursued, in order to maintain the security of Western Europe against the overgrown power of Russia.
The most important political question on which modern times have to decide is the policy that must now be pursued, in order to maintain the security of Western Europe against the overgrown power of Russia.
Thoughts on Tactics
(1838)
Mitchell, Joni
(
Roberta Joan Anderson
) 1945–
(
Roberta Joan Anderson
) 1945–
1
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.
We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.
"Big Yellow Taxi" (1970 song)
We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.
"Woodstock" (1969 song)
Mitchell, Margaret
1900–49
1900–49
1
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't…My dear, I don't give a damn.
After all, tomorrow is another day.
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
Gone with the Wind
(1936) ch. 38
I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't…My dear, I don't give a damn.
Gone with the Wind
(1936) ch. 57
After all, tomorrow is another day.
Gone with the Wind
(1936), closing words
Mitford, Nancy
1904–73
1904–73
1
Love in a cold climate.
Frogs…are slightly better than Huns or Wops, but abroad is unutterably bloody and foreigners are fiends.
Love in a cold climate.
title of book (1949).
Frogs…are slightly better than Huns or Wops, but abroad is unutterably bloody and foreigners are fiends.
The Pursuit of Love
(1945) ch. 15.
Mitterrand, François
1916–96
1916–96
1
She has the eyes of Caligula, but the mouth of Marilyn Monroe.
of Margaret Thatcher, briefing his new European Minister Roland Dumas
She has the eyes of Caligula, but the mouth of Marilyn Monroe.
of Margaret Thatcher, briefing his new European Minister Roland Dumas
in
Observer
25 November 1990
Mizner, Wilson
1876–1933
1876–1933
1
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.
If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.
A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
of Hollywood; reworked by Mayor Jimmy Walker into "A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat"
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.
Alva Johnston
The Legendary Mizners
(1953) ch. 4
If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.
Alva Johnston
The Legendary Mizners
(1953) ch. 4
A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
of Hollywood; reworked by Mayor Jimmy Walker into "A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat"
Alva Johnston
The Legendary Mizners
(1953) ch. 4
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