Martha Plimpton Quotes
I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.
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We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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I never exercise, and I eat everything.
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Look at the structure of the Gates Foundation and this idea that, rather than trying to solve these huge global problems through institutions with some kind of democracy and transparency baked into them, we're just going to outsource it to benevolent billionaires.
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Cryptocurrency currencies take the concept of money, and they take it native into computers, where everything is settled with computers and doesn't require external institutions or trusted third parties to validate things.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.
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I think if I was going to be someone for a day, I would want to be a performer, someone big, like Rihanna. I'd want to feel the energy of being on stage. I've always found that very interesting.
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My initial thoughts of becoming a lawyer changed in high school as I became more attracted to math and science and began talking about being an engineer.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
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When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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There is actually quite a lot of crossover between the quacks and drug companies. They use the same tricks and tactics to bamboozle people into buying their pills, but drug firms can afford to use slightly more sophisticated versions.
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The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.
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I have had a son killed, a son-in-law die during the last battle of Nashville, another son has thrown himself away, a second son-in-law is in no better condition, I think I have had sorrow enough without having my bank account examined by a Committee of Congress.
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The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.
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I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.
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I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd.
