David Mamet Quotes

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

David Mamet

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YourselfMindYouPlayMindsStage

We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change, the more things remain the same.

Joe Morton

ChangeLiveRacismWorldYouKnow

I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

John Ortberg

LoveI AmWiseMeBusyProblem

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting.

John Hume

FamilyFatherMotherHistoryParents

I wear tennis shoes over and over again, and my black jacket. I always try to be comfortable. It's very important to me to wear comfortable shoes, which are hard to find - beautiful and comfortable at the same time.

Stephanie Sigman

BeautifulTimeShoesMeBlackFind

You can't be nervous when you know your steps.

Rob Kardashian

YouKnowNervousStepsYour

I didn't take a lot of crap from people, and I didn't follow the conventional rules of behavior that we're supposed to follow - because if I had, I never would have accomplished what I did.

Ron Stallworth

PeopleBehaviorRulesNeverFollow

You take a 30-year-old. To him, history began the day he was born. He doesn't know how cold it was 70 years ago unless he's told. He doesn't care. He thinks what's happening now is either the best or the worst, whatever it is, ever. Everybody thinks that.

Rush Limbaugh

HistoryBestDayColdCareYou

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

Miranda Otto

TimeMeMediaKindRingsBig

Whenever there was chaos in my house, whether it was arguing, being in a cramped space with all of us kids and screaming, I found an empty space where I could just put music on and move.

Misty Copeland

MusicSpaceChaosHouseEmptyUs

My experience with Dino Jr. proved that making new music was a worthwhile pursuit.

Lou Barlow

MusicExperienceNewPursuitMaking

Swarms are one very simple way of keeping ourselves ahead of the machines.

Louis B. Rosenberg

SimpleAheadWayMachinesOurselves

People want chat histories. They're a permanent testimony of a relationship.

Brian Acton

RelationshipPeopleWantPermanent

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