David Mamet Quotes
I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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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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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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It was only after university that I said to myself that I had to take the risk and have a serious go at acting. It's such a bizarre profession, because you have to be totally tough to deal with all those times when you're being turned down, and then really soft in order to access your character's emotions.
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The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!
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Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think it's going to change the face of the desktop.
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People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.
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Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.
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I've always been in love with the stars and view the cosmos as the ultimate adventure.
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I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'
