David Mamet Quotes

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.

David Mamet

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I just love being in the studio, and that's kind of what I do when I'm not on the road. I'm just in the studio messing with stuff, and I love playing all the instruments.

Jim James

LoveRoadKindPlayingJustStuff

I work in the mornings almost exclusively.

Joe R. Lansdale

WorkAlmostMornings

Leanness of body and soul may go together.

John Owen

TogetherSoulBodyGoMay

I've always been adventurous. In the summertime, my mom would lock me outside of the house and say, 'Do something, and come back later.'

Stephen Colletti

MeMomBackHouseSayOutside

I'm definitely proud of myself anytime I can make Amanda Peet break out into laughter.

Steve Zissis

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David Ben-Gurion established the Israeli intelligence community in June of 1948, just three weeks after the establishment of Israel and in the midst of war.

Ronen Bergman

CommunityIntelligenceWarThree

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

Mary J. Blige

GoodBusinessMusicPeoplePlace

I'm happy because I was proud of what I did at 'SNL.' It's the only time probably in my life that I didn't have any regrets. I worked really hard. I played really nice. I threw myself into it. I committed. Beyond that, what else could I have done?

Michaela Watkins

LifeTimeMyselfHappyProudNice

That morning of 11 September 2001, as we watched the twin towers crumble on live television, America and I would develop a bond that has proven deeper and more enduring - for better or worse, through sickness and health - than the one I had with my now ex-husband.

Mona Eltahawy

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I like movies that project a dilemma of modern men and women who are overwhelmed by the system.

Judge Reinhold

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I don't really like roller coasters!

Jon Huertas

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You know what I do on Sundays? I sing in a choir. I sing in a Greek Orthodox choir, and I'm the only hillbilly tenor in the Orthodox Church.

Chris Hillman

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