Amanda Burton Quotes
I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.
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I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.
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There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
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Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.
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I'd like to imagine I won't end up in hell, but I think I've done too much acid and listened to too much death metal to sit on a cloud next to God with angels floating above my head.
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That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done
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I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.