David Mamet Quotes
Patel? Fuck you. Fuckin' Shiva handed him a million dollars, told him sign the deal, he wouldn't sign. And Vishnu, too into the bargain.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.
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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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In August of 2011, Steve Jobs, the tech icon who disrupted a string of traditional industries, called me and told me he thought he'd figured out a way to revolutionize TV. He invited me to come see it at Apple in a few months, but he died just six weeks later, and that meeting never came to pass.
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I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.
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And yet I am what they think I am.
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I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.
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Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible.
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But the purpose of a story is to teach and to please at once, and what it teaches is how to recognize the snares of the world.
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People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and experience in their own lives.
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Chicken pot pie--those are my three favorite things.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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Patel? Fuck you. Fuckin' Shiva handed him a million dollars, told him sign the deal, he wouldn't sign. And Vishnu, too into the bargain.
