David Mamet Quotes
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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If you look from my point of view, that's what Christians strive for - love from God.
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Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power
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On the weekends, some people garden; I slice salmon.
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I look at John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, guys who had a fantastic longevity, and I learned something from them. They didn't try to sell records. They weren't saying, 'Ok, what can I write, what can I do in the studio that will sell?' They were just doing their thing, and people picked up on it. I like the idea of that.
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I was raised not to talk about money. It was considered impolite.
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People only speak to get something.
