Amanda Knox Quotes

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Amanda Knox

Profession : Educator

Birth : July 9, 1987

What I started to read and most enjoyed while I was a student was an Italian edition of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.'

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No one knows how they would react to a horrible situation until it happens to them.

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Like most millennials, I have the bad, anxiety-inducing habit of grabbing my phone in the morning and scrolling through social media for 15, 20 minutes before I'm fully awake.

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I was not aware of a ton of the stuff that was being said about me out in the world since I wasn't able to get British or American headlines from my prison cell in Perugia. But I was aware that in the courtroom, I was being called a succubus, a man-eater, 'Foxy Knoxy.'

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I had to grow up in prison for something I did not do.

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I've gained a seriousness that has to do with a certain perspective, a gratitude for being able to see the importance of things. And that lends itself a gravity to everything. And that is something that I sort of carry as a weight but a good weight inside of me.

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I always carry a book with me to read on the bus, and I tend to arrive everywhere early.

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People can take, take, take from you. There are people whose profession is to do that. It's entertainment at the cost of human lives.

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I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

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If I'm guilty, I'm the ultimate figure to fear, because I'm not the obvious one. But, on the other hand, if I'm innocent, it means that everyone is vulnerable, and that is everyone's nightmare. Either I'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing, or I am you.

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I was told that my best-case scenario would likely consist of writing my memoir and then disappearing.

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I think the fact that my case was so sensationalized is because I am a white woman.

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It's one thing to be called certain things in the media, and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom, fighting for your life while people are calling you a devil.

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In a time when my entire family had already tapped into their retirement savings and taken out second mortgages, we were grateful when any supporters, including Trump, donated to my defense and spoke out about my innocence.

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Even if Trump means well, his schemes tend to be blunt, selfish, and short-sighted rather than nuanced, empathetic, and thought through.

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