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David Mamet

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My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.


— David Mamet


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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.


— David Mamet


#always #beat #exuberance #old #old age

Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.


— David Mamet


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People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'


— David Mamet


#am #ask #course #hemingway #i

People only speak to get something.


— David Mamet


#only #people #something #speak

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.


— David Mamet


#philosophy

The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.


— David Mamet


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There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.


— David Mamet


#british #profound

There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.


— David Mamet


#dialogue #just #me #something #wants

They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.


— David Mamet


#generation #know #least #making #mistakes






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They have two children Clara and Noah. Aaronow Talking about it as a. Mamet's first produced screenplay was the 1981 production of The Postman Always Rings Twice (directed by Bob Rafelson) based upon James M.

Godzilla a commentary on the movie business; and The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011) a commentary on cultural and political issues. Mamet's books include: The Old Religion (1997) a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004) a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006) a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; and Bambi vs. : /ˈmæmɨt/; born November 30 1947) is an American playwright essayist screenwriter and film director.

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