David Mamet Quotes

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

David Mamet

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Building up an organisation is like starting a social movement. At the center of everything is the core team. I have the honor of working with some phenomenal people at Purpose who are at the top of their fields. That energy and common purpose among the team is what inspires me and where the magic happens.

Jeremy Heimans

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Fiscal discipline can turn the economy around.

Jeff Fortenberry

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I've always liked wearing black. Hats with veils would suit me just fine.

Amy Gerstler

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Our look and image never change dramatically from one season to the next, so we need an edge.

Tommy Hilfiger

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I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob them? Which, that can still happen.

Jordan Peele

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Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

Dick Cavett

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Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

Deepak Chopra

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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

Brian May

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I looked at myself, and I just said, 'Well, you know, I can sing, but I'm not the greatest singer in the world. I can play guitar very well, but I'm not the greatest guitar player in the world.' So I said, 'Well, if I'm going to project an individuality, it's going to have to be in my writing.'

Bruce Springsteen

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Making sweeping over-generalizations is classically un-American.

Anthony Scaramucci

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Turkey is going through an incredible economic, political and social transformation. What is most important is that Turkey has been the owner of this transformation. Ownership has been the key to success.

Ali Babacan

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