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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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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
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You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way! And that's how you get Capone.
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A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
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The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
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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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All of us. All of us. We're doomed.
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Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.
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Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency.
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What I value most in my friends is loyalty.
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Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.
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I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.
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Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.
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I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.
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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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I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.
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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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The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust.
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Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.
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