Margaret Atwood Quotes
Everyone said he was a fool. Everyone said she was a clever woman. They used the word ensnare.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I'm a big sports fan - mainly basketball.
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I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
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You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.
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Politicisation of terrorism for narrow gains is not good for society in general and the country in particular.
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Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
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I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
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If you want to stop illegal immigration, you have to make it so that - so that the people that hire the illegal immigrants will not be in a position to hire them.
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I think you always want to be open to things... it's just the matter of finding something I believe in, finding a character I believe in, and I think that's the way it should always be. I'm looking for things that excite me.
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The natural world is not indestructible.
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It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.
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I was always a fan of Spider-Man and most superheroes. There aren't a whole lot of little boys out there that aren't.
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Everyone said he was a fool. Everyone said she was a clever woman. They used the word ensnare.
