Amanda Lindhout Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
-
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
-
I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
-
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
-
I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
-
I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
-
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
-
I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
-
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
-
The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
-
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
-
I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
-
I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
-
I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
-
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
-
Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
-
God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
-
It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
-
I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.
-
I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
-
Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
-
I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
-
All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror.
-
I know firsthand how critical support systems are.
