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David Mamet Quotes

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.

David Mamet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 30, 1947

Topics

Power Government Control View Way

A classic man is a distinguished man. He cares about taste and his craft. He's all about the simple model that I live by - eat, drink, be swanky, and have fun getting the job done. He makes sure that he's excellent in all things and that he cares about his neighborhood immensely.

Jidenna

Live Simple Job Man Fun Have Fun

One of the things that is so striking to me about the South, especially living here now as an adult, is that I see a lot more mixed-race couples than I saw when I was growing up in the 1980s and the 1990s. I feel like living across the color lines has become something that's more expected.

Jesmyn Ward

Me Growing Up Color Feel Now Living

I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.

Joel Grey

Struggle Take Sure Would Theater

I felt like onstage I have to have a certain amount of anonymity, like, personal anonymity, to feel loose and free. When you're up there with people who've known you for a decade, and you make a bad joke and you hear the cackling behind the drums, it's hard to get lost in the moment.

Jenny Lewis

Moment People Free Feel You Bad

Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.

John Hughes

Respect Bright Listen Ignorant Kids

My grandfather was a shoemaker who worked in a shoe factory.

Stephen Pagliuca

Grandfather Shoe Who Factory Worked

I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both.

Steven Spielberg

Social Media Media Choice I Can Both

Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.

Russell Smith

Art Why Always Abstract Artists

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

Mary Douglas

Power Problems Islam Always Had

I think we know enough now to know that Donald Trump is doing the same kinds of things that Jeb Bush would have done or Marco Rubio would have done or Mitt Romney would have done.

Mitch McConnell

Think Doing Enough Donald Trump Know

I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious.

Liz Phair

Remember Bar Out Because Even Loud

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

Lorelei Linklater

Loved Acting Kid Interested Very