Amanda Burton Quotes
I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.
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Those numbers ay not sound like a bid deal until one reflects that average global temperatures were 'only' 5 degrees cooler at the height of the last Ice Age.
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I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.
