Amanda Lindhout Quotes
My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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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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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.
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I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.
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The life force knows exactly what it takes to keep any particular living organism - any organism - alive. Anything in manifestation, for that matter. Even a rock is a manifestation of some sort, and you know, in physics and quantum physics, they know a rock is not dead.
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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God wants us to show compassion and understanding toward the unemployed or the poor not because they are poor, but because poor people, with help from those who are already successful, can become rich. And when the poor become rich, all will benefit, because in our modern economy new unemployment is the first sign of economic growth.
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My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.
