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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Every job is important because each one represents an American's livelihood and ability to raise a family. Yet spending our time building walls around America will do nothing to help us compete for the millions of new jobs being created.
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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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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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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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Many contemporary painters feel that their landscapes come from within and are brought to the surface and given form as a result of various stimuli. The artist's internal world is waiting to be evoked by whatever means the artist finds most productive, and... this world is just as important as the outer, visible world.
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All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
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War is now a form of TV entertainment, and what made the First World War so particularly entertaining were two American inventions, barbed wire and the machine gun.
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In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely to be the extant superpower for several decades to come. Few anticipated how quickly the neoconservative project would run into the sands - or that China would rise so quickly.
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It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.
