Amanda Lindhout Quotes
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.
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I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.
