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> [I would say the only one person I know of who kind of combines the elements that my father brought to the table in terms of affecting the public discourse would be Oliver Stone. His combination of academic brilliance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-would-say-the-only-one-person-i-know-of-who-kind-of-combines-the/)

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## More by John Buffalo Mailer

> [I think that if you look at places like Amsterdam and places where pot is very legal they do well with it. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-think-that-if-you-look-at-places-like-amsterdam-and-places-where/)

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> [I just I love telling stories and as long as I can make my living doing that in all the different mediums that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-just-i-love-telling-stories-and-as-long-as-i-can-make-my-living/)

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> [I think that you know you have experts in fields who spend their life studying one thing. When an event goes on that chances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-think-that-you-know-you-have-experts-in-fields-who-spend-their-life/)

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> [It's a certain kind of human compact that obviously you lose as soon as there is a screen and a camera there, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/it-s-a-certain-kind-of-human-compact-that-obviously-you-lose-as-soon/)

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> [I think about the college graduating classes and high school classes that are coming up now they're in a unique position. I mean they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-think-about-the-college-graduating-classes-and-high-school-classes/)

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> [What's against legalization in a practical sense? A couple of college kids figured out how to take a hemp plant and turn it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/what-s-against-legalization-in-a-practical-sense-a-couple-of-college/)

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> [I mean the price of our technology may very well end up being our humanity, so I think you got to have that balance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-mean-the-price-of-our-technology-may-very-well-end-up-being-our/)

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> [We've been duped into believing we don't have 25 minutes to have something change our life. We don't have 2. You know, we're tweeting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/we-ve-been-duped-into-believing-we-don-t-have-25-minutes-to-have/)

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> [My father, Norman Mailer, expected a lot from us and he really pushed us and you know one of his favorite lines was, "If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/my-father-norman-mailer-expected-a-lot-from-us-and-he-really-pushed/)

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> [Whatever the reasons, 2008 it felt as though the combination of distribution models starting to tighten and the publishing and film and music industries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/whatever-the-reasons-2008-it-felt-as-though-the-combination-of/)

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> [My hope is that the film Wall Street 2 will actually serve as a way for us to bridge that gap between Wall Street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/my-hope-is-that-the-film-wall-street-2-will-actually-serve-as-a-way/)

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> [You're going to find the good people and bad all around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/you-re-going-to-find-the-good-people-and-bad-all-around/)

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> [I think that one of the things that my dad was grappling with towards the end was how that shift had happened now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-think-that-one-of-the-things-that-my-dad-was-grappling-with-towards/)

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> [I'm probably most proud of the plays that I've written just because as the playwright, you know, you're God. You get to do everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-m-probably-most-proud-of-the-plays-that-i-ve-written-just-because/)

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> [I remember talking to my dad about legalization in a book we did together called "The Big Empty." He was saying like, "Oh, no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buffalo-mailer/i-remember-talking-to-my-dad-about-legalization-in-a-book-we-did/)

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