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One Comes To A Decision Based On What One Wants, Not Based On What One Doesn't Want. Got It?

-Martha Plimpton

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Martha Plimpton

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One Comes To A Decision Based On What One Wants, Not Based On What One Doesn't Want. Got It?

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