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I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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David Alen Mamet
David Alan Mamet
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.
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