Atom Egoyan Quotes
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.
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I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and the way you dress yourself is so important.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
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AARP knows the future is bright for a generation that's going to remain healthy and vital for 10, 20, 30, 40 more years. AARP has the information and resources people need throughout their process of reinvention.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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Most of my friends are plumbers.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears. He said to my parents, 'He must become a cantor in the synagogue,' but my mother said, 'No, he's going to be a concert pianist.'
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My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.
