David Mamet Quotes
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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I think the reason I love 'Antiques Roadshow' is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There's the thrill of the find.
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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people are saying about them. Yes, you're bound to find things that will delight you - but you also find things that will make you brood and feel bad about yourself. Why would you intentionally invite that into your life?
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I just don't stop working.
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Man, double-faced by nature, is placed by Revelation under a sharp, precise external rule, controlling his actions and his thoughts.
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In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs.
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I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.
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Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.
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When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.
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I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.
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I don't really feel comfortable anywhere except when I'm working alone at home. It's exhausting to be out around people.
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At every sound check, I try to practice on the stage that we're gonna play on that night, 'cause every stage is different. Whether it's concrete or whether it's plywood or whether it's Plexiglas, it all requires different things. You can't dance on concrete as well as you can dance on Plexiglas.
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Cop couldn't find his dick, two hands and a map.
