"Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus……" — David Mitchell
"Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves."
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207 Quotes by David Mitchell
David Mitchell has 207 quotes on this site.
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False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
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Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.
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Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't…
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A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed…
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A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points.
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For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.
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Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into…
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I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.
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I love HBO productions, actually, like 'The Wire.'
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I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.
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I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is…
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not…
— Francis of Assisi
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the…
— James A. Baldwin
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which…
— Ansel Adams
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I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.
— Alan Ball
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
— Robert Ballard
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I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all…
— Roseanne Barr
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No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath…
— Bruce Barton
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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away,…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.
— Glenn Beck
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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