Atom Egoyan Quotes
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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.
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When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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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.
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But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In our family health, it's about having a balanced life, about laughing and staying on a positive note.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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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.
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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.
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The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma.
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My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.
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For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.
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I love oral hygiene.
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Many different elements can form isomers, but only a few elements on the periodic table, like hafnium, can form isomers that last more than fractions of a second - and might therefore be turned into weapons.
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I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.
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Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.
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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.
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All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.
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I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!
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I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.
