George Plimpton Quotes
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Teaching children about entrepreneurship is much like imparting any other skill or piece of knowledge. You will provide them with ways to experience how entrepreneurship works, and you guide them toward the subjects or areas they seem to show an interest in.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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I respect Marvel as a company, and I think they're great, but never in my life have I looked up to being a superhero.
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I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.
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The way that you remember your life, it's never linear. You have flashes of different moments of your life, and the flashes aren't equal; they have different styles.
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It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.
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Take back your picture in a frame. Take back your singing in the rain. I just hope you understand sometimes the clothes do not make the man.
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I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.
