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As long as you can Houdini your way out of the Sisyphean constraints then originality happens.

David Mitchell

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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
Houdini
Constraints
Originality
Happens
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