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Inspirational Quotes by David Mamet
- When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
- Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it's entertainment.
- Everyone needs money. That's why they call it money
- Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due....
- There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
- I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.
- Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.
- Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.
- We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.
- Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.
- Every fear hides a wish.
- Film is a collaborative business: bend over.
- I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.
- I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
- I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television.
- I won't ever do e-mail.
- I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.
- I'm greedy and ambitious like everybody else.
- In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
- It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.
- People only speak to get something.
- The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.
- There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.
- What I value most in my friends is loyalty.
- I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento