David Mamet Quotes
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Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
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I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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I have a very small public.
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I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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Peace is its own reward.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
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Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I am from and here in the West - but it is only in the brain that we can eventually hope to find the answers.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
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I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' and 'American Crime.' I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.
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I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
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I have friends who are Roman Catholics. I have friends who are Lutherans.
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I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
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I don't know a lot about politics.
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I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong.
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The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.
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I love the musical form of books. It's a different way of doing things, it's very beautiful. You're able to sing things instead of saying them. So what the heck - why not do them?
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Getting out of a character is emotionally taxing. You get used to being a person on camera, and when you move on, the character remains with you for a long time.
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Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn't eat that well. Everything was home-made but not much veg or fruit.
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Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything.
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You ever take a dump, made you feel you'd just slept for twelve hours?
