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“My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.”

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David Mamet, born on November 30, 1947, is a renowned American playwright. His works are known for their unique style and profound themes, with notable plays including 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and 'Othello'. Mamet's plays often delve into themes of power, language, and morality, having a profound impact on modern theater. more

“One person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work; one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It is this diversity that makes a country, indeed a state, a city, a church, or a family, healthy. 'One-size-fits-all,' and that size determined by the State has a name, and that name is 'slavery.'”

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Author:David Mamet

“The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.”

Ends Goal Struggle Hero Drama Discovery Bases Inevitable Realising Civilisation Specific Goals

Author:David Mamet

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

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Author:David Mamet

Quote by David Mamet

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