Quote by David Mamet
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacit

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. – David Mamet

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When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. – David Mamet

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Government
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Theres nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It wont ring from room service your mother wont be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, youre dead. – David Mamet

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Morning
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The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. – David Mamet

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Poker
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Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life. – Andrew Greeley

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Religion

Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. – H.L. Mencken

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Religion

I love it when the left and when the president say, Dont try to impose your values on us, you folks who hold your Bibles in your hand and cling to your guns. They have values too. Our values are based on religion, based on life. Their values are based on a religion of self. – Rick Santorum

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Religion

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out. – Frank Sinatra

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Religion

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Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing. – Bryant H. McGill

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power

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. – Anita Brookner

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Romance

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. – Oscar Niemeyer

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architecture

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way, and not starting. – Buddha

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Truth