David Mamet Quotes
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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You're either with me or you're not. And if you're not, you're out.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.
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If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The moon? Mars? What's the technology to get there? You develop the technology for the mission.
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On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
