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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He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia.
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It is unreasonable to expect science to produce a system of ethics-ethics are a kind of highway code for traffic among mankind-and the fact that in physics atoms which were yesterday assumed to be square are now assumed to be round is exploited with unjustified tendentiousness by all who are hungry for faith; so long as physics extends our dominion over nature, these changes ought to be a matter of complete indifference to you.
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Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country.
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It's disingenuous to... pretend the sources of our money don't impact the policy we write - you just can't serve two masters.
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We must never forget that BYU is not just another "good" university. It was established by the Lord's servants and continues to be blessed with the direction and support of prophets, seers, and revelators. While we may not understand all of the details, we do know that Brigham Young University occupies a key place in the Lord's plans for the completion of His work in these last days.
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Actors, they come and go, you know.
