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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George Wallace is gone; Bull Connor is dead. He's not coming back.
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I'll never forget the first time I heard Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Partita in E Major' for violin. It was in a late-1980s television commercial, of all things. As a young violinist at the time, it enchanted me - it was so pure, precise, and unadorned.
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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'matter is plastic in the face of mind.'
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I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.
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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.
