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David Mamet

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

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

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"I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over."

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"I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends."

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"This is what fun is like," said Rain, almost to herself."

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"I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park."

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"I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine."

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