Amanda Lindhout Quotes
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I think it's very important to support those who can't help themselves - children, animals - and especially to do so in your own neighborhood.
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Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.
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Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.
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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what.
