David Mitchell Quotes

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

David Mitchell

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• I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.

  

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• My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.

  

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• False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

  

  David Mitchell