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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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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Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.
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What's really cool about LEGOs is that you can put a bunch of bricks on the table, and everybody will make something different. Everyone has different ideas, and some of them may seem crazy.
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Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.
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Canadians have an inherent good nature, and they are used to being made fun of.
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I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always
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I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.
