David Mamet Quotes
April to September it's me, it's no fucking Moss! Due respect... he's an order taker. Talks... oh, talks a good game. But look at the board, and it's me John. It's me.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin quickly, but they're still going to own it for some period of time... and the size of that working capital requirement will grow as the global economy grows.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up.
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The Conservatives are so busy focusing on yesterday, they're not focused on tomorrow... on how elections are won in the 21st century.
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I used to love 'Jeeves And Wooster.' That theme tune was great. I remember writing to them when I was little to get the music so I could learn it on the piano, and they sent me the sheet music.
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Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism.
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April to September it's me, it's no fucking Moss! Due respect... he's an order taker. Talks... oh, talks a good game. But look at the board, and it's me John. It's me.
