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 minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
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I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has ever had in that particular space, and yet we couldn't find a home on Broadway.
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I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.
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I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
