Amanda Burton Quotes

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Amanda Burton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 8, 1957

Topics

CharacterGreatPeopleIdeasStart

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

Robert Menzies

TruthSimpleJoyPresentBitterness

We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience.

Steven Weber

TechnologyGreatExperienceFight

I love both the sun and the moon, day and night. But I enjoy the day the most because I live in Rio and I can play sports.

Rodrigo Santoro

LoveLiveSportsDaySunMoon

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.

Rush Limbaugh

WorldNameGivingHandsYouDown

Prisons and jails, I tend to feel that you're actually safer as a journalist than you might think, certainly more than it appears.

Louis Theroux

ThinkFeelYouMoreThanPrisons

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

DesireAchievingBeyondAnything

I meditate, which I really like. Just 20 minutes twice a day and that really helps.

Jordana Brewster

DayTwiceJustLikeMinutesReally

I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.

Bryan Ferry

DayOne DayMeanLikeSongsMany

With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.

Bruce Dickinson

MusicInternetLooksCome And GoGo

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Ari Fleischer

QuestionsDownPresidentAnswersWho

A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

Annie Dillard

AloneBestLookingWriterHeAfter

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

Arthur Keith

MindToleranceCivilizationNecessary

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