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 think Muhammad was a terrorist. I read enough by both Muslims and non-Muslims, to decide that he was a violent man, a man of war.
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I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there.
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When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.
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The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.
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Weight loss can change your whole character. That always amazed me: Shedding pounds does change your personality. It changes your philosophy of life because you recognize that you are capable of using your mind to change your body.
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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
