David Mamet Quotes

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.

David Mamet

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PeaceDeathCherishQuestionBeat

I don't want to suggest that matrimony was necessarily a tragic affair - some of our neighbours' marriages seemed quite functional, if somewhat routine; nevertheless, in the workaday world, it is wedlock that is most likely to offer the occasion for life-threatening disappointment.

John Burnside

DisappointmentWorldRoutineWant

When I was a young player, I never dreamed of scoring five goals in a game - and in nine minutes is something else. And when it happened, it was incredible that there could ever be anything like that in the history of the game. It took me a couple of days to realise what I'd done.

Robert Lewandowski

GoalsHistoryMeGameDoneYoung

As a man may know about Africa either by going there personally or by reading descriptions written by travelers who have been there, so may he visit the super-physical realms if he will but qualify himself therefor, or he may learn what others who have so qualified themselves report as a result of their investigations.

Max Heindel

ManReadingLearnResultKnowWill

How can educated and sophisticated viewers react so differently to a work of art? Is it just Kulture Klash? No, since most of the time there's no Klash at all. On the occasions when we disagree, it may be because we're looking for different things in dance.

Robert Gottlieb

WorkTimeArtDanceLookingReact

All you can worry about as CEO is making sure your company continues to build great products, deliver the revenue, and keep your customers happy.

Aneel Bhusri

GreatHappyWorryYouBuildCompany

The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second World War in Europe. The Inquisition, the persecution of heretics and infidels and witches, they racked up pretty high death tolls.

Steven Pinker

DeathReligionWarWorldFirstHigh

You have to train the best way that is suited to you, a way that will allow you to progress.

Ronnie Coleman

BestProgressYouTrainWillWay

I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.

Johnny Otis

MusicPrideWaveAmericaLookBack

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

Christopher Lasch

WisdomCommunityProgressObstacle

Dealing with political things, it's not for me. It makes me crazy. I want to buy, you want to sell. Please make it simple.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

SimpleMeCrazyPoliticalYouWant

How did I write 'Spin Me?' I listened to Luther Vandross's 'I Wanted Your Love.'

Pete Burns

LoveMeWriteSpinYourHow

You can't live for other people, you know? You gotta live for yourself and better the people around you and make an impact.

Tyga

LiveYourselfPeopleImpactBetter

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