Amanda Lindhout Quotes

I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where I'd lost my freedom.

Amanda Lindhout

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LifeLiveFreedomMyselfMy Life

Sometimes, if the people in your life really drag you down, you need to stop spending time with them.

Jen Sincero

LifeTimePeopleSpending TimeYou

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

John Donne

FoolSunBusySeasonsWindowsRun

All through college, I was searching for characters that would make me unique and set me apart from the typical ventriloquist with the typical dummy that was the little boy, cheeky hard figure like Charlie McCarthy.

Jeff Dunham

CollegeMeUniqueBoySearching

I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.

Siouxsie Sioux

AngerSadnessThinkYouWantBeen

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

Tom Hodgkinson

ToughNapTakeGoingGets

Television has an awful lot to do with the Kennedy mystique and the fact that he's frozen in people's minds at the age of 46, and he was handsome and personable and witty and charming.

Robert Dallek

AgePeopleHandsomeTelevisionMinds

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

Rutherford B. Hayes

GodVoiceYouConscienceAuthentic

For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see a reason to choose just one type of music at the exclusion of everything else. Different types of music are capable of being rewarding in different kinds of ways.

Moby

MusicBetterChooseI CanNeverSee

My career has been riddled with controversy, which I never fully understand.

Liz Phair

CareerUnderstandNeverControversy

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

FunnyOthersNeedTwoComplain

When you're in the throes of writing, I find, the lessons you've casually imparted to others are not in the forefront of your mind. Which may be good or bad. Probably both.

Jonathan Galassi

GoodMindWritingYouBadFind

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

Dick Smothers

MusicCollegeHotOutUpKids

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