Martha Plimpton Quotes
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I owe everything to France.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
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Millions of animals are euthanized every year because shelters can't find homes for them. Buying animals from pet stores also tends to support puppy and cat mills, many of which have deplorable conditions for animals, which shouldn't be tolerated.
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I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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Characters - conventional women with minor eccentricities - flourished in our world, as Mrs. Cork had no doubt observed. But she'd failed to notice that the characters were all old, rich and pedigreed. Newcomers, especially those of moderate means, were expected to form an attractive but featureless chorus behind our few madcap divas.
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The Sixties attempted a return to nature that ended in disaster.
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He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia.
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He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
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From the beginning of physics, there have been those who imagined they would be the last generation to face the unknown. Physics has always seemed to its practitioners to be almost complete. This complacency is shattered only during revolutions, when honest people are forced to admit that they don't know the basics.
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It needs to improve. What we are asking them to do needs to be assessed to see if they can actually do it. Can our receivers do what we have been doing the last few years? We need to adjust and make some modifications.
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We cannot transform what we refuse to engage.
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The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.
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In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win.
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Women are emotional! And being an artist and a woman is probably more difficult because you have more stuff to overcome.
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Actors, they come and go, you know.
