#mom

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? ↗

— Plato

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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. ↗

— Plato

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It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

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My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was a very chill life. She didn't expose me to anything that was ahead of my development, but she expected me to adjust to her world - she did not expect to adjust to mine. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

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Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

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As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly. ↗

— Amy Poehler

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If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

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The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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