David Mitchell Quotes

People like to say that East Asians in general, and Japanese in particular, are not very expressive: there's that term 'inscrutable.' But often, Europeans just don't get the Asian codes. Believe me, the message is being expressed OK.

David Mitchell

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When you look back at your body of work, no matter what your career path, by the time you hang 'em up, if you can say, 'This place is in better shape than when I started,' then you did good.

John Cena

WorkGoodPathTimeBetterLook

We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that.

Meg Wolitzer

LifeLovePeopleComplicatedMore

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

John Keegan

SituationVisualizeExtinctionWhich

We would not have this catastrophe of Obamacare if it were not for Jon Tester.

Matt Rosendale

WouldObamacareWereCatastropheJon

Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious.

Simon Cowell

TalentGotObviousVeryBritain

I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.

Mike Tyson

PeopleSocietyFeelBadWayNever

I think there is a hunger for things that wake you up, something that makes you peel back your eyes, that reminds you that you are alive. Art is at its best when it is in the 'now.'

Doug Aitken

EyesArtBestThinkYouBack

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Chinua Achebe

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I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left them.

Bret Stephens

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The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.

Anurag Kashyap

YouMoreExperimentCostFilmLower

A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body.

Annie Wersching

GoodDanceBalanceBodyYour Body

Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use.

Wole Soyinka

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