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We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely.

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
Composer
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
Sorely
Wished
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