Amanda Peterson Quotes
You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well.
Quotes to Explore
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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People forget I go to work. They forget that the Coleridge house was bought and paid for by the daughter of a travel agent and a barmaid from what the actor Richard Burton once described as the nightmarish 'featureless suburb' of Croydon.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'
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Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
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But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
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You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well.
