David Mamet Quotes
The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.
David Mamet
Quotes to Explore
Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
N. K. Jemisin
Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
Hannah Simone
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
Nadia Giosia
I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
Oksana Baiul
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
Gary Shteyngart
I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.
K. Flay
I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
Carles Puigdemont
I'm not a real sports guy, but I check ESPN.com just so I know what people are talking about.
Andrew Ross Sorkin
I'm a big fan of Robert Altman, and one of the things I love in 'The Long Goodbye' is the way that he plays with the theme; it's just used in all these different ways.
Keith Maitland
They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.
Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Karen Armstrong
The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.
David Mamet