Martha Plimpton Quotes
I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.
Quotes to Explore
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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It's a big theme throughout my music to just embrace everything about your own mind and to always feel powerful. It's not just a feminine thing, but for men, too, whether they feel weak, or strong or crazy or reclusive. I want everyone to feel powerful no matter what little beasts they have in their head.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.
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I knew that there was a great deal of depth and life that was sitting just beyond my mother's gaze.
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Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'
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There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, 'I have a gut feeling' or 'my heart is sad' or 'I am bursting with joy,' you're not speaking metaphorically. You're speaking literally.
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Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.
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To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.
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I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.
