I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out …

David Mamet
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I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there. ✨ David Mamet (2015). Mamet Plays: 1: Duck Variations; Sexual Perversity in Chicago; Squirrels; American Buffalo; The Water Engine; Mr Happiness, p.219, Bloomsbury Publishing
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I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there. ✨ David Mamet (2015). Mamet Plays: 1: Duck Variations; Sexual Perversity in Chicago; Squirrels; American Buffalo; The Water Engine; Mr Happiness, p.219, Bloomsbury Publishing

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