American - Dramatist | November 30, 1947 -
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.
David Mamet
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When I started out I was a failed actor.
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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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When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.
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The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.
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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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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
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They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.
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I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.
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I love the British.
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I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
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I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.
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