Amy Plum Quotes
My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.
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Any real Colts fan cannot abide the Denver Broncos and John Elway!
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My spirit is as strong as ever. I'm still fighting to make the world a safer place, and you can, too.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide.
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You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into you, so you really have to learn to open your mind, open your heart and be super compassionate about other people's points of view, faith and opinions.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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People may not know this about me, but I've always loved cooking. My favorite thing to cook is my mom's spicy spaghetti.
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The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.
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I think that Europeans in general have a more global view of the world because they are in such proximity to other countries that it enables them to travel and see other parts of the world.
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By the time Africa is developed, it will be the wonderland of the world, 'cause it will be able to make use of all the mistakes of other nations. But it nah go just drop out of the sky. So we have to put in work.
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A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.
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Saigon is like all the other great modern cities of the world. It's the mess left from people getting rich.
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I have always tried to maintain a sense of humanity in my work, to create something that will take on its own personality but also reflect something about our world.
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Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.
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Gave you all a man could give ya. Made sure I found the time to keep it all together. But the way you’re treating me ain’t right.
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My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one
