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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
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.
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Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo.
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A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.
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I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.
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