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Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else.
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Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.
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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
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I'm greedy and ambitious like everybody else.
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