#out

So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#because #brothers #competitive #complex #developed

What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as unpatriotic, although many in the government will try to make you seem unpatriotic. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#although #disagree #good #government #make

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#edith #i #knocked #know #off

I don't like being too looked up at or too looked down on. I prefer meeting in the middle to being worshiped or spat out. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#down #i #like #looked #meeting

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#complex #emotions #europeans #experiencing #handle

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#bad #bad time #book #fiction #go

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#come #coming #hasn #kids #out

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#freedoms #lie #lost #makes #nation

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#comet #cooper #elements #get #i