David Mitchell Quotes

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.

David Mitchell

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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.

Carla Gugino
- People
- Time
- Different
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

J. Michael Straczynski
- Time
- Work
- Writing
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

Ian MacKaye
- Life
- Up
- Time
My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.

Dan Marino
- Up
- Guy
- Want
Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.

Ma Jian
- People
- Up
- Time
It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.

Mahmoud Abbas
- People
- Time
- Long