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David Mamet Quotes

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Acceptance Gay Person Conservative

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest cut, is when you want to go home and open up your veins and get in a warm tub and just go away. And then it gradually, maybe, works its way back, somewhere toward that spot you were at before.

Home Time Together Warm You Back

In the heyday of the Oscars, there were electric sparks flying. When Cher went in her fabulous Bob Mackie dress and her Mohawk, and Bjoerk with her swan dress. Then we thought it was bad taste; now I think it should have been the best dress because she stood out.

Andre Leon Talley

Best Dress Flying Think Thought Bad

All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in.

Good Myself Play Drums Anywhere

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Power People Help Hand Unfair Try

I think if you hold your nerve and don't sell out and become something that you're not, you can go anywhere. You know, I think that sort of heart and honesty and size travels.

Honesty Heart Think You Know Become

I want to be careful when I'm breaking down matches because I don't want to offend anybody or knock anybody's work. It took me a long time to get where I was at, so I know how it feels when someone knocks on you.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Work Time Me Someone Long You

There are good reasons for not wanting to host the Olympics. The Games can be costly and, in spite of their patriotic overtones, can unintentionally expose a nation's weaknesses to the world.

Good World Games Nation Weaknesses

I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet.

Plants Believe Better I Can Play

I do basically what a conductor does with a baton, except I also play along with the orchestra. So I have to juggle the roles of playing the concertmaster; sometimes I drop the violin and wave my arms.

Wave Play Sometimes Violin Orchestra

All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place. There's a part of me that's a total cad and a part of me that's also a family man.

Family Man Me Care Place Real

However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face!

Jonathan Brandis

Hope I Am Face Actor Pretty Just

It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish.

Dolores O'Riordan

You Irish Difficult Europe Break

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