David Mamet Quotes
My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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My childhood was appalling.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Theorie und Praxis sind Eins wie Seele und Leib, und wie Seele und Leib liegen sie großenteils mit einander in Streit.
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If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.
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Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
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My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin.
