David Mamet Quotes
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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Montenegro belongs to a rare number of countries that have managed to make progress on every internationally recognisable indicator.
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
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I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.
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I don't really have any gimmicks. I don't actually do anything that's strange. I don't even wear weird things.
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I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.
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Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
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It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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As a biologist, I can't think of myself as anything but an animal among animals and plant.
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Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.
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I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
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I feel so bad. My band started playing the wrong song and I didn't know what to do so I thought I'd do a hoedown. I'm sorry.
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I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.
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Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.
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I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
