Amanda Lindhout Quotes
It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
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Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, women have so little to do with what's going on behind the scenes.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
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I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into believing I'm essential to the operation.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.
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If you have two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
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I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so I could say one day that my daddy didn't pay for my first short film. And I really established myself in the film festival world.
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I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't consider myself British or Indian. I'm kind of an amalgam or mongrel of a lot of different places and experiences. In a lot of ways it's been a good thing for me. It's enabled me to do what I do on 'The Daily Show.'
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My parents were always pretty free with me. They were of the school of thought that if you really cramp down on someone and tell them not to do all these things, it's gonna become like forbidden fruit.
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It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
