George Plimpton Quotes
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A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.
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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
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It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.
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Mubarak's regime is dead and finished. People will not go back to this. This is a farce being propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood to say that this revolution was supported by the remnants of the Mubarak regime. They have gone against the whole Egyptian society, and this is why they were removed.
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I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it's like that.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying to move away and not finish the fight.
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As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.
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People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance.
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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
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Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You could think, 'Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe I should just quit.' But that's when you should fight the hardest. Now I don't mean fight physically, but mentally. Keep being you.
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A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.
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A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.
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I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.
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People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement.
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The people in Tacloban have great dignity and deserve better than what they have gotten
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We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.
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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
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I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.
