David Mamet Quotes

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

David Mamet

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• Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'

  

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• The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.

  

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• My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.

  

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• If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.

  

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• A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

  

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• I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.

  

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• The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.

  

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• I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?

  

  Walt Whitman
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• A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.

  

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• Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.

  

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• No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

  

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• The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.

  

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• I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.

  

  Kate Walsh
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• So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.

  

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• I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.

  

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• India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.

  

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• I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

  

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• To be blunt, we went down that road in Iraq. Thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our troops and the determination of our diplomats, we are hopeful about Iraq’s future. But regime change there took eight years, thousands of American and Iraqi lives, and nearly a trillion dollars. That is not something we can afford to repeat in Libya.

  

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• I lean closer to him, so close I can smell his skin, and when I speak, I can see how the little hairs near his ear move with my breath. "I also want you to know that I won't kill you right away. But that you'll wish I had.

  

  Beth Revis
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• I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.

  

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• I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

  

  Chris Evert
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• I don't feel as though I am under any pressure to return to Australia, given I won the PGA Championship, and I am just hoping everyone back home will understand my situation. I just want to make sure I am there for Ellie and that she has my support when she has our second child.

  

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• My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

  

  David Mamet
  • Fear