David Mamet Quotes
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn't intellectual - we make music for the common man.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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Of course, I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't say I'm a feminist genius or anything.
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Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!
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Nietzsche, an infinitely harder and more courageous intellect, was incapable of any such confusion of ideas; he seldom allowed sentimentality to turn him from the glaring fact.
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When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.
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'The Storms We Share' has been a project that I've been working on for so long.
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God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
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The first suit I enjoyed was a Dior suit that I got given. I've never worn anything that fitted that closely - it was akin to 'Oh my God, I had no idea that a suit didn't have to be this wide.' But I do intend to get one made some day.
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I think throughout your whole career a player can improve.
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The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.
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The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.
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I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.
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I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
