Amanda Beard Quotes
I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I have a dark sense of humor.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the sake of the security of Greece? For who is not aware that Greece would have constantly stood in the greater danger, had we not been fenced by the Macedonians and the honorable ambition of their kings?
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I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.