Martha Plimpton Quotes

It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.

Martha Plimpton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: model
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 16, 1970

Topics

WorkGoodTimeQualityMeBetter

Many of the novelists I admire never left their hometown. Look at Flannery O'Connor. So many of the great Russians never left Russia. Shakespeare never left England. The list goes on.

Jhumpa Lahiri

GreatHometownLookAdmireNever

It's not always easy being a full-time feminist - especially as a young woman - when you're constantly being told that what you do is irrelevant. I'm on the defense all the time.

Jessica Valenti

TimeWomanEasyYouYoungAlways

I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.

Joel Embiid

PlayingCrowdGetLikeFrontThem

Perhaps America works like this: Presidencies swing, as reactions to each other, like a pendulum. My optimistic belief is it is how we keep our country in balance.

Andy Dunn

BalanceAmericaCountrySwingBelief

I may write about place and displacement, but what I'm really writing about is dispersion, evasion, ambivalence: not so much a subject as a move in everything I write.

Andre Aciman

WritingPlaceWriteEverythingMay

When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.

Andy Grammer

MePerformanceBackLightsRadio

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.

John Piper

PeopleAmazingGoWhoLikeMinistry

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

Amanda Hearst

WorkLoveFashionStoryBackIndia

So imagine a world 6 degrees warmer. It's not going to recognize geographical boundaries. It's not going to recognize anything. So agriculture regions today will be wiped out.

Steven Chu

TodayWorldAgricultureWillOut

Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

Tom Golisano

CharityWantWhyResourcesShare

The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in his own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LoveTodayGratitudeTimeTearsWay

I did do Broadway for a little less than a year and realized quickly I don't have a passion for it and, more importantly, I don't have a talent in it.

Dominique Dawes

PassionTalentYearMoreLittleDid

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