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I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling. — Julia Cameron
As an amateur, I couldn't get many fights. No one would fight me when I was a schoolboy. — Ricky Hatton
I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22. — Richard Briers
A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind. — Robert Louis Stevenson
As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers. — Andreas Feininger
The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the… — Anne Tyler
The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur. — Sol Stein
I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You say, why is… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year. — Jahangir
Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts… — Peyton Manning
I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur.… — David Sarnoff
Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket. — Frank Woolley
The commonest forms of amateur natural history in the United States are probably gardening, bird watching, the maintenance of aquarium fish, and nature photography. — Marston Bates
So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes. — Bill Bruford
Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot — or will not — achieve the mastery of a… — Roland Barthes
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people… — David Sedaris
Let's give a big cuddly shout-out to Pat Healy, infant provocateur and amateur journalist at The New York Times. Keep it up, Pat - one… — Scott Rudin
I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of… — Edmund Hillary
Underground dance music - in the nicest way possible - it's amateur — Axwell
God calls us to worship, but in many instances we are in entertainment, just running a poor second to the theaters. That is where we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy. — Nonito Donaire
Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional. — Robert Breault
It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional. — Robert Breault
We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did… — Jacques Barzun

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