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| | Kevin J. Anderson |  | I'm playing amateur psychologist here, but these are very diehard fans and I think there's a little bit of jealousy here. I think they wish they had gotten picked to write Star Wars books. |
| | Frankie Avalon | | Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took. |
| | Red Adair | | If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. |
| | Richard Bach | | A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. |
| | Aaron Copland | | When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me. |
| | Alfred Eisenstaedt | | Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur. |
| | Alan Greenspan | | I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University. |
| | Yusuf Islam | | I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. |
| | John McCarthy | | Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. |
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