Martha Plimpton Quotes
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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I just look at what's going on in the world.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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The West sees Iran as an important force in the gulf.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.
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I usually build my collections on colors and on staples, so when you buy pieces, you are really adding to your wardrobe, and you're getting a new color palette to play with. The clothes are timeless and modern at the same time.
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I was always running off to the city, whether it was Philly or New York, going somewhere where there was something more for me.
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Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
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Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.
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By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.
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I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.
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‘You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.’
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I agree that you might clone some people who would look amazingly like their parental cell donors, but the odds are that they’d be almost as different as you or me, and certainly more different than any of today’s identical twins.
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Faith is not a political strategy and should not be a political strategy. If it is being used as a tool to garner votes, to convince people they should support one political party or the other, I think that is a huge mistake.
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I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an impact. So even when I'm doing naked push-ups or whatever, it's astounding to see how people respond to it.
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I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?'
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You obsess (but of course you obsess) until the joy is gone from that thing you'd loved, until your fury overwhelms your passion, until you no longer know how to sit with your back against a tree and write poetry that no one will ever see.
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I love dogs because they're so adaptable.
