Quote by David Mamet
You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life

You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet

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My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet

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Fear
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The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. – David Mamet

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All of the legal defense funds out there, theyre looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we dont make law, I know. I know. – Sonia Sotomayor

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Experience

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Experience

If were picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a new Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless. – Antonin Scalia

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Experience

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around. – Chuck Close

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Experience

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If I cant see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny? – Casey Affleck

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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary

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