David Mamet Quotes
You are a shithead, Williamson. If you can't think on your feet you oughta keep your mouth shut.
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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If my books appear to a reader to be oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them: You're not the audience!
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
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Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot of debates.
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Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.
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On 'Game of Thrones', the people that I've met, of the people behind the scenes, was not even a scratch of the vast crew that actually does work on that show.
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
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I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal.
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From my years of work with so many game show production companies and their producers I'm probably no longer eligible to be a contestant on any American game show.
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The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.
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'The media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'' 4
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Usually, people in the Islamic world set aside one-third or one-fourth of their wealth for endowment, and that will be effective only after their death. But in my case, I decided to implement this decision in my lifetime itself.
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The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.
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I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough.
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The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers.
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You are a shithead, Williamson. If you can't think on your feet you oughta keep your mouth shut.
