David Mitchell Quotes
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable.
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
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I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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I like hearing other writers just about the way they approach writing. It gives me energy for my own work. It's weird; I'm always taking notes about fiction when I'm listening to people talk about craft.
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Why not aspire to build a real Jurassic Park?
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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This is a beautiful site on the water. It's the perfect spot for a car show.
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Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable.
