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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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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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 can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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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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And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.
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We're learning the business, meeting people we need to know, getting knowledgeable about our craft.
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That's the greatest compliment I can get: when somebody from Key West says, 'Hey, Bubba.' That means I'm in!
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Streetwear for me is what I was raised wearing in London, and my style influences growing up were always people who wore streetwear.
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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.
