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The uncreated and the dead exist solely in our actual and virtual pasts.

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
Composer
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Text Writer
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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Uncreated
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Go to hell, Willy, our souls eat poetry, but one has seven deadly sins to feed!
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As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent.
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Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.
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Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.
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In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul for the human species, selfishness is extinction.
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Dreams are all I have ever truly owned.
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Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves.
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What is poker? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.
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I am going to tell you a secret. Everything is about wanting. Everything. Things happen because of people wanting. Watch closely, and you’ll see what I mean.
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Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love.
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