Amanda Lindhout Quotes

I used my captors' names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

Amanda Lindhout

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• It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Done
  • Why
  • Stress

• You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Up
  • Small
  • Know

• The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • Earth
  • Military
  • Down

• Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Success
  • Growth
  • Years

• We don't make glamorous movies today. Everything now is very realistic, artistic - and depressing. When is the last time you you saw a wonderful musical or a fabulous fantasy?

  

  Edith Head
  • Time
  • Today
  • Movies

• Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Like
  • Always
  • Craftsmanship

• I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.

  

  Nasim Pedrad
  • Life
  • My Life
  • I Can

• Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Deep

• Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Man
  • Hollywood
  • Ready

• No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Designer
  • French
  • European

• Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Time
  • Together
  • Year

• I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Good
  • Woman
  • Revolution

• There are so many misconceptions about me, and it gets frustrating no matter how thick skinned.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • Matter
  • Frustrating
  • Gets

• I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Born

• Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • Good
  • Work
  • Education

• My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • Parents
  • Far
  • Far Away

• I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time.

  

  Zoltan Kodaly
  • Time
  • Understand
  • Colleagues

• When you do fiction, it is your imagination you have put out there.

  

  Beth Moore
  • Imagination

• One time, I gave Chris Martin a My Little Pony for good luck. He said, 'Oh, you should keep it,' but I was like, 'You guys probably need it a lot more than I do.' I said that to Coldplay!

  

  Charli XCX
  • Time
  • Good
  • Luck

• When a show's already established, and a director comes to set, it can be quite the intimidating experience.

  

  Paul Wesley
  • Experience

• Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

  

  William Greider
  • Economy
  • Economic
  • Policy

• I used my captors' names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

  

  Amanda Lindhout