George Plimpton Quotes

I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.

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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.

  

  Dana Boente
  • Taken
  • Secret
  • Information

• 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.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Important
  • Feeling
  • Yourself

• The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

  

  Victor Borge
  • Difference
  • VIolin
  • Viola

• The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.

  

  Samora Machel
  • Church
  • Catholic
  • Colonial

• 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.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Children
  • Experience
  • Knowledge

• 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.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Money
  • Day
  • Cooking

• A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • You
  • Way
  • Eye

• If you're not in it you can't win it.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • You
  • Win

• I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Success
  • Contribution
  • Offended

• 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.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Up
  • Comedy
  • Doing

• I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

  

  Oscar de la Renta
  • You
  • Always
  • Naked

• I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Internet
  • Well
  • Versed

• I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • May
  • Honor
  • Fight

• 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.

  

  Lana Parrilla
  • Time
  • She
  • Character

• I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Writing
  • Sacrifice
  • Point

• 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.

  

  Finn Jones
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Think
  • Past
  • Seeing

• When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Sometimes
  • Place
  • Working

• I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Fear
  • Respect
  • Boy

• My brother and I have a profound nostalgia for our youth, and I think people need to come to terms with things leaving and being gone.

  

  Cole Sprouse
  • People
  • Brother
  • Leaving

• I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.

  

  Marc Bolan T. Rex
  • People
  • Up
  • Home

• If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.

  

  Bill Kurtis
  • Money

• Yes.” She smiled, liking the word. “What I feel like right now—I’d compare it to waking from a dream and seeing the real world. It’s a beautiful place, but it also has darkness. If you try to eradicate that darkness, you also destroy the light.” Pain for the future of her people tightened her heart.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.

  

  George Plimpton
  • Fun
  • Wrong
  • Convinced