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Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

~Avery Brundage

Topics: Amateur Entertainment Must Played Professionally Sport Sports

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Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She's not like that any more. I lost my temper. It was silly and I burst into tears and ran up to the producer. I said I had been terrible and amateur.

~Barbara Windsor

Topics: Amateur Any Been Burst First First Time Had Late Like Lost More Producer Ran Said She Silly Tears Temper Terrible Time Up Wallace Young

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I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Amateur Because Facebook Fundamentally Looked Never Page Website

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I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.

~Ben Affleck

Topics: Actor Amateur Photographer Writer

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An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Amateur Enable Him Himself Jobs Outside Paint Professional Someone Supports Which Who Whose Wife Works

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So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

~Bill Bruford

Topics: Amateur Bits Classic Holes Know Large Some Technique Tricky Very

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Look, I debate for a living so I don't need to learn any lessons from amateurs.

~Bill O'Reilly

Topics: Amateur Any Debate Learn Lessons Living Look Need

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I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Amateur Because Different Field Love Myself Work

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But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

~Billy Joe Saunders

Topics: Amateur Box Challenges Did Felt Highest Highest Level Level Move Move On Olympics Other Professional Time You

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I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.

~Bjork

Topics: About Amateur Because Going Interested Know Like Maybe Normally People Politics Talk Total Who I Can

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