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For it is written that just as it is forbidden to partake of the forbidden, it is forbidden not to partake of the permitted.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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David Alen Mamet
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We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.
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When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
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Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide.
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