Amateurization Quotes & Sayings

The surprising thing is that so many teenage cancer novels are very good. John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars,' recently published by Penguin, was voted 'Time Magazine's book of the year in 2012 ahead of Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. — Mal Peet

This heat must be hell on your draki. Really blistering it. I'll wait. Check back in on you in about - " He tilts his head back as though calculating just how long I could make it here. "Five weeks," he announces.
Five weeks, huh. I'm almost surprised he would grant me that much time.
"Oh, my mother will just love you popping in. She'll probably cook a pot roast. — Sophie Jordan

Immortals are constrained by ancient rules. But a hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
-Chiron — Rick Riordan

Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move. — Clay Shirky

Everybody is writing, writing, writing - worst of all, writing poetry. It'd be better if the whole tribe of the scribblers - every damned one of us - were sent off somewhere with tool chests to do some honest work. — Walt Whitman

The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not? — Clay Shirky

Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you-in your body, heart and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment. — Jan Chozen Bays

If it were nothing but sexual attraction I'm sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more than her body. — Tahereh Mafi

I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen. — Katy Perry

The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction. — Tim Holden

Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped. — Terry Pratchett

Violence is my last option. — Chuck Norris

I'd like to win an Oscar. — Vanessa Hudgens

Scotland is a picturesque country where the people are friendly yet completely incomprehensible. Also, the national delicacy is a sheep's stomach filled with its liver, lungs, and heart. — Adam Schlesinger

Of course, some families cannot be saved and their children cannot be returned. Yet, even then, their love for each other must be worth something. — Andrew Bridge

Information about the activities of one body of Sufis may be harmful to the potential of another. — Idries Shah