David Mamet Quotes

I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.

David Mamet

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkKnowOutEmployerWellVery

I do my own make-up a lot of the time, and I'm very involved in what I wear.

Jessie J

TimeMy OwnOwnWearInvolvedVery

Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

John O. Brennan

BalanceGovernmentPeopleSociety

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.

John Sexton

MeProcessMagicPhotographyMoments

I teach classes 28 weeks of the year, but the rest of the time I do research and write books. While I'm writing a book, which I probably do two out of every three years, it's like having a second job. I squeeze in the hours when I can.

Steven Pinker

TimeJobResearchWritingBookRest

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Simone Weil

ChurchSocialBeliefsOrganism

My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time.

Toni Collette

LifeTimeDressMy LifeFancySpare

A lady emailed me that her child had been diagnosed with autism and that hearing my material on the subject had helped her. To me, it just means that I'm making the right decision in talking about this.

Ron Funches

DecisionChildMeTalkingLadyHer

When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.

Mary Pope Osborne

LifeCommunityTimeSchoolMeWorld

Lily Tomlin, Judi Dench, Carol Burnett, Linda Emond, Meryl Streep, Janet Mctyre. I saw all these women on stage, and I experienced a feeling that is the artistic equivalent of huffing paint - the world kind of went away, and I felt exhilarated. Also, I drooled a little.

Miriam Shor

WomenWorldFeelingKindPaintSaw

I thought that my life would be spent working in a bookstore, teaching community college, and making music in my spare time that no one would be willing to listen to.

Moby

LifeMusicCommunityTimeCollege

I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.

Lorene Scafaria

TimeFeelPersonPreciousSomething

My father made me very tough.

Disha Patani

FatherMeToughMadeVery

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