Martha Plimpton Quotes
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
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Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Music is about the performance.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I've always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.
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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.
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Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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Italy is not technically part of the Third World, but no one has told the Italians.
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There was a period of time when there were so many bad feelings among the various members that a reunion seemed very unlikely.
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Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.
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I like things that are civilized.
