Martha Plimpton Quotes
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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I wanted to be a violin-maker like my dad, and then I wanted to be a doorman in my building.
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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
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To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.
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If my books appear to a reader to be oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them: You're not the audience!
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
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There are so many brilliant women on television right now.
