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Quotes by David Mamet
David Mamet, born on November 30, 1947, in Chicago, is a celebrated American playwright, screenwriter, and director, renowned for his distinctive use of language and exploration of human nature. Rising to prominence with works like "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "American Buffalo," Mamet has shaped contemporary theater and cinema with his sharp, rhythmic dialogue and nuanced character studies. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, his legacy endures as a provocateur and innovator, continuously challenging audiences to engage with the complexities of morality and truth.
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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"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"I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface."
David Mamet
"Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to use a dramatic forum to warp people's political views."
David Mamet"The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment."
David Mamet