"What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories." ― Amanda Burton Topic(s): Attitude More From Amanda Burton "Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength." "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." "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." More In Attitude "Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."― William Makepeace Thackeray "Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don’t, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral."― Vernon A. Walters "For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language."― Joseph Brodsky