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In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed

In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed "unwittingly," the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. - David Mamet Quotes

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

American Dramatist Amusement

The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles. - David Mamet Quotes

The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want. - David Mamet Quotes

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

American Dramatist

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten. - David Mamet Quotes

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten.

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 Quotes

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.

American Dramatist Cherish

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us. - David Mamet Quotes

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

American Dramatist

The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious. - David Mamet Quotes

The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember - David Mamet Quotes

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit - David Mamet Quotes

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit

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