Atom Egoyan Quotes

I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

Atom Egoyan

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• The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.

  

  Dan Pink
  • World
  • Good
  • Why

• When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Fate
  • Situation
  • Conscious

• All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Joy
  • Sorrow
  • Out

• I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.

  

  Victoria de los Angeles
  • Career
  • Like
  • Never

• I think I weighed about 450/460 at my heaviest. That's huge! That's Fat Joe. And you know, I always took pride in being fat.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Think
  • Pride
  • Fat

• I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Parents

• For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.

  

  Vanessa Lachey
  • Love
  • Me
  • Boy

• If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.

  

  Edmund White
  • America
  • Today
  • Desire

• In our family health, it's about having a balanced life, about laughing and staying on a positive note.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Life
  • Family
  • Health

• Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

  

  M. F. K. Fisher
  • Fun
  • Always
  • Reassuring

• I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Time
  • Home
  • Day

• More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Think
  • Sales

• Nickelback offered me a full-membership position. That's a great thing.

  

  Daniel Adair Nickelback
  • Great
  • Me
  • Position

• The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.

  

  Wendy O. Williams
  • You
  • Judge
  • Animals

• I'm a walking, talking enigma.

  

  Larry David
  • Walking
  • Talking
  • Enigma

• My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • High
  • City
  • Water

• For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Me
  • Hero
  • Genius

• Reddit offers the opportunity for us as humans to connect on a much deeper, broader level because users have an alter ego and aren't tied to a social network of friends with whom they want to share how perfect their lives are.

  

  Alexis Ohanian
  • Friends
  • Opportunity
  • Perfect

• You never know what life is going to throw at you, really, do you?

  

  Anne Reid
  • Life

• Any customer of government - whether it's with education, taxes, housing, or health care - understands the frustrations when they have a bad experience. They're stuck and can't go anywhere else.

  

  Pete Hoekstra
  • Experience
  • Bad
  • Education

• I think VAR is a very healthy development within the industry.

  

  John Hull

• Alex gazed at her. Her mouth was slightly open; she ran her fingernail against her lower teeth as she thought. She'd knotted her hair at the nape of her neck again, and a strand had slipped loose onto her shoulder, gleaming in the lantern light. Suddenly all of his objections seemed meaningless. Don't, he thought. You'll regret it. He didn't care anymore. Slowly, unable to stop himself, he reached out and cupped his hand around her foot.

  

  L.A. Weatherly
  • She
  • Light
  • Stop

• I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

  

  Atom Egoyan