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Own Quotes by David Mamet
- The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one’s own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable…
- Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could…
- You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
- Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle,…
- The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so: and his right…
- We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit…
- Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.
- My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov