Amateur
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
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Amateur Quotations
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
Will Rogers
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.
Richard Bach
As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.
Woodrow Wilson
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
James Whistler
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.
Stephen Sondheim
I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
Cat Stevens
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
Donald Rumsfeld
I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.
Tracy Austin
Amateur Translations
amateur in Afrikaans is amateur
amateur in Dutch is knutseaar, amateur, dilettant
amateur in French is amateur
amateur in German is Amateur {m}, Amateur {m}, Nichtprofi {m}
amateur in Italian is dilettante, amante
amateur in Portuguese is amador
amateur in Spanish is amante, aficionado
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