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Quote by David Mamet
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the

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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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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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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Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and its still evolving in different ways. – David Mamet

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movies
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Other Quotes from
Government
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Talk is cheap — except when Congress does it. – Cullen Hightower

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Government

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. – James Madison

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Government

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. – James Madison

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Realize that a Muslim will know that his wife was seen naked in this machine. You know what would be the reaction?… Terrible. I believe theres technology out there that can identify bomb-type materials without necessarily, overly invading our privacy. – Isaac Yeffet

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The soul lives unstably in the body, and is capable of mysterious transformations. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919

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Man lives for science as well as bread. – William James

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More negatives write than call. Its a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic. – John Hall

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Sympathy