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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and prot

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. – David Mamet

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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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The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. – 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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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. – Fidel Castro

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Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. – Lorna Luft

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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. – Stephen Ambrose

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