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I think we think in terms of stories.

David Mitchell

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
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Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo.
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Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks.
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I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.
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The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak.
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I have always unswervingly held, that God, in our civilizing world, manifests Himself not in the miracles of biblical age, but in progress. It is progress that leads humanity up the ladder towards the God-head. No Jacob's ladder this, no, but rather Civilization's Ladder, if you will.
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I pass through many Me's in the course of my day, each one selfish with his time. The Lying-in-Bed me and the Enjoying-the-Hot-Shower Me are particularly selfish. The Late Me loathes the pair of them.
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- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.
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