"Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength."― Amanda Burton Topic(s): StrengthMore From Amanda Burton"What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.""But I didn’t really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don’t enjoy sitting at a desk all day. I just dragged myself through GCSE and A Levels, so it suited me very much to go on to drama school, which was very active.""I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 – I was the youngest of four daughters and we had all been taught by him. But I didn’t really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don’t enjoy sitting at a desk all day."More In Strength"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."― Lasse Hallstrom"Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world."― Robert Reich"There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices."― Francis Jeffrey