David Mamet Quotes

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

David Mamet

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• I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.

  

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• Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

  

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• I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

  

  David Mamet
  • Lazy