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I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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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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Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.
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Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.
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All of us. All of us. We're doomed.
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