David Mamet Quotes
You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
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They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.
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The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
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It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.
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I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.
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The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge.
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Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
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The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write.
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My mentors were very good.
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I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.
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You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.
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The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions.
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You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
