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 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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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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We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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I have a really powerful urge to see things work.
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Innovation requires a novel approach to scientific problem solving, higher level of resource commitments over much longer time durations.
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There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense.
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With a documentary, you can cut away, you can do jump cuts, cut to a photograph at any point to bridge two scenes.
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Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
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This is the way of long and empty roads: nearly forgotten things surface and singing voices improve.
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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.
