Martha Plimpton Quotes
At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.
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When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.
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The most important and brave thing someone can do, I think, in the face of dehumanization, is to continue to assert their humanity.
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It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
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You have to be logical. You know? If I know that in this hotel room they have food every day, and I'm knocking on the door every day to eat, and they open the door, let me see the party, let me see them throwing salami all over, I mean, just throwing food around, but they're telling me there's no food.
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At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.
