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Of course the word "Amateur" comes from the French word "to love".
Caterina Fake: Participatory Media and Why I Love it (and Must Defend It) 2010
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Andrew Keen, whose recent book Cult of the Amateur is a good primer on why people hate the Web, highlights the horrors of anonymity in his work, contrasting the millions of unnamed Web scribblers with honorable, properly identified writers of yesteryear.
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Susan Michals: Billy Childish Talks Van Gogh And His Definition Of The Word "Amateur"
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Alan Elsner 2011
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Eddie Sarfaty: Steven Reineke Talks Cheyenne Jackson, Mad Men Susan Michals: Billy Childish Talks Van Gogh And His Definition Of The Word "Amateur" David Finkle: First Nighter: Hugh Jackman Takes Broadway by the Numbers Eddie Sarfaty: Steven Reineke Talks Cheyenne Jackson, Mad Men
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Alan Elsner 2011
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Amateur is a great word – people should strive to be amateurs.
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Amateur radio clubs had helped astronauts and crew members of the International Space Station speak with youth around the world while in orbit via a programme called Amateur Radio on the
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TULSA One of the perks for winning the U.S. Amateur is getting to play the first two rounds of the U.S.
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"The word Amateur comes from French, and can be translated as" lover of ", reflecting the amateur's motivation to work as a result of a love or passion for a particular activity."
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"The word Amateur comes from French, and can be translated as" lover of ", reflecting the amateur's motivation to work as a result of a love or passion for a particular activity."
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Amateur is not the word, Tom – I believe you were looking for 'ghastly', or maybe just 'holy s*** we're a bunch of idiots'.
Secret Service acknowledges failure in state dinner snafu 2009
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