Amy Jo Martin Quotes
While strides are being made in the social-media space, the newspaper and news business should continue to embrace social media.
Quotes to Explore
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.
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We are, all of us, poor wretches, and those who prefer not to understand this are even worse off than the rest of us.
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My dictum has always been: 'This show is happening just here, just tonight, with these people who are in this hall, and nobody knows what's going to happen until it's done.'
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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.
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A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.
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While strides are being made in the social-media space, the newspaper and news business should continue to embrace social media.
