Quote by David Mitchell
Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because the

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience. – David Mitchell

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As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you cant take off. – David Mitchell

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Future
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I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We cant help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that its taught writers. – David Mitchell

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Age
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If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would be hydrogen at No. 1. Death would be helium at No. 2. Power, I reckon, would be where oxygen is. – David Mitchell

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None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you cant teach people that – they have to learn by experience. – Dorothy L. Sayers

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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius. – E. M. Forster

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He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string. – Proverb

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Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. Its not as if I sit down and play Fire and Rain by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up… the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions. – James Taylor

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Experience

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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. – Dalai Lama

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Ive never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I dont get the people who are cool. Its not that I dont like them, its just that they dont interest me. – Daniel Radcliffe

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I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean hes a total cool nice, nice guy, but I was just so, I dont know, overpowered by his presence. Like hes a very mystic person. Hes older so I never really warmed up around him. I was so stiff. – Franka Potente

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