Quote by David Mamet
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet

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In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. – David Mamet

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

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. – Epicurus

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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. – Fournier

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Im shopping around for something to do that no one will like. – Jerry Garcia

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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. – Immanuel Kant

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Kindness is just love with its workboots on. – Author Unknown

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“Correct” spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by schoolma’ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony of the world. – H.L. Mencken, The American Language, SupplementII: An Inquiry into the Developme

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The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of. – Gilbert Murray

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Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing Im going to do is play politics with their future. – Lindsey Graham

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