Amanda de Cadenet Quotes
I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
-
People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
-
In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
-
Another occupation might have been better.
-
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
-
Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
-
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
-
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
-
As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
-
One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
-
I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
-
So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
-
I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
-
I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
-
Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
-
I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus.
-
When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.
-
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
-
I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
-
'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it when I was 8, and I'm still an avid viewer.
-
Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
-
On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
-
We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.
-
I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
