Etan Cohen Quotes
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.
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I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Sometimes I want to watch movies both to see what to do and what not to do also.
