David Mitchell Quotes

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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LovePowerDeathTableHumanWhere

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

John Abizaid

JustFarConcernedNetworkAs Far As

I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.

Robert Redford

WorkCharacterFunDoingActingTV

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

Jean-Michel Jarre

RespectDreamApologyMachinesLike

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

Robert Crais

FunnyI AmPeopleThinkEnjoyKnow

When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.

Tom Conti

GirlTravelControlDeskEverything

The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest 'weaknesses'; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

Robert Baden-Powell

KindnessPainAnimalPeopleKnow

Place colors everything; It is the thing by which I find my way in my fiction.

Ron Carlson

ColorsFindPlaceWayEverything

Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ComedySkillsTechniqueVeryTakes

Obama does not like the issue of where he was born.

Donald Trump

BornWhereLikeHeDoesIssue

There's all kinds of ways to be misunderstood, and one of them is via the interview.

Dean Wareham

MisunderstoodInterviewKindsWays

There will come a time when very few will care about other people's sexual preference - or preferences.

Clive Davis

TimePeopleCareWillComeFew

I got my boobs done because I wanted to even out my lower half, and I thought that would take the focus away from my hips.

Coco Austin

FocusThoughtDoneOutTakeHalf

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