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The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

~David Mamet

Topics: About Battle Half Losing Many Surprise Things Think Whole

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Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.

~David Mamet

Topics: Job Jobs Our Writers

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When I started out I was a failed actor.

~David Mamet

Topics: Actor Failed Out Started

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The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.

~David Mamet

Topics: Admire Man Most Quality Steadfastness

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It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

~David Mamet

Topics: Be A Man Man Our Society Upsetting

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Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu.

~David Mamet

Topics: Cleaned Combat Culture Each Evolved Fighting Form Karate Method Own Particular Presentation Spectacle Staged Street Up Wrestling

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Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.

~David Mamet

Topics: Arts Been Bought Came Families Found Good Had Invented Invention Japanese Martial Martial Arts Mixed Out Presented Those Trained Up Where Which Whose World

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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.

~David Mamet

Topics: Business Each Must Other Practice World

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They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.

~David Mamet

Topics: At Least One Experienced Generation Know Least Making Mistakes Old Previous Same Same Mistakes Say Study They Say Until Why Years You

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I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.

~David Mamet

Topics: Cheated Employer Employers Know Out Very Well Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dramatist

Born: November 30th, 1947

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