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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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'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 think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.
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When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be.
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I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.
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You know those people in life who are a bit eccentric and larger than life or a bit odd? That their realm of possibility around them is larger than somebody who's called normal? What's normal for an oddball? They could start screaming in public. That's fun to play.
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.
