Martha Plimpton Quotes
My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.Martha Plimpton
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
M. J. Rose -
It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
Ralph Marston -
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
Magic Johnson -
I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed me to a way of thinking - about experimentation, about what you believe to be true and how you could prove it - and how to approach things in a methodical manner.
Ze Frank -
I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.
Rachel Kushner -
I'm not a control freak.
Fiona Apple
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
Victoria Pendleton -
I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
Wendy Davis -
Reading is a huge part of life.
Daniel Curtis Lee -
Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
Gary Ross -
I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
Sam Neill -
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton
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A lot happens in 20 years.
Pat Morita -
I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
Carine Roitfeld -
I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
Patricia Riggen -
On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
Edmund Hillary -
As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.
Gary Bauer -
There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.
Lewis Howes
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My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.
John Lurie -
I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
Zig Ziglar -
Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.
Walter Rauschenbusch -
Every year, my mom makes sure I have my checkups and everything, which is probably a really good idea. She's great with all that health stuff.
Laurie Hernandez -
My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.
Martha Plimpton