Amanda Burton Quotes
I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Be who you are and be that well.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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I love working with women.
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I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25 for room and board, I had enough money for a pack of cigarettes and a bowl of lobster bisque.
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Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet vulnus detegas.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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Your wedding day is supposed to be your big day, and yet a lot of engaged couples find that instead of creating an event that will be important to them, they're dodging through a minefield of modern etiquette traps.
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I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.
