Martha Plimpton Quotes
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
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When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
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The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
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I think charity begins with your family and you take it from there.
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In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agencies, government regulators.
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.
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Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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With insufficient data it is easy to go wrong.
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I somehow see what's beautiful In things that are ephemeral I'm my only friend of mine And love is just a piece of time in the world in the world. And I couldn't help but fall in love again.
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To witness titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.
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310. A pupil and a teacher. The pupil will not let anything be explained to him, for he continually interrupts with doubts, for instance as to the existence of things, the meaning for words, etc. The teacher says 'Stop interrupting me and do as I tell you. So far your doubts don't make sense at all.'
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When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people.
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I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.
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Mainly, when I ran into Emmylou Harris, that was it, you know? We could finish each other's sentences musically, and personally, too. We have a very shared, similar sensibility. And that was a friendship that really opened up a tremendous number of musical doors for me.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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It is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people identify as God what is not God.
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It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.
