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Thinking Quotes by David Mamet
- When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
- Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something…
- I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television.
- The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
- I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out what people think…
- I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do…
- I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was…
- You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see,…
- Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good…
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