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It's upsetting to be a man in our society.
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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Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.
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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
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We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.
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The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.
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The subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied -- prevails. And that is how we know the Drama is done.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are.
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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
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Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it's entertainment.
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The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so: and his right to do so is guaranteed by the Constitution.
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When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
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Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
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If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.
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Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.
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Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director.
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You don't know what life is. You know nothing.
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Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.
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Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.
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My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.
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The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders the Arabs would like to kill them all.
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