Atom Egoyan Quotes

I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied.

Atom Egoyan

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I probably would have gone the M.F.A. route except I was a dad at 19, and it made more sense to go to work for a newspaper and support a kid that way. But the funny thing is, that detour became the most important step in my developing as a novelist.

Jess Walter

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The great redemptive religion which has always been known as Christianity is battling against a totally diverse type of religious belief, which is only the more destructive of the Christian faith because it makes use of traditional Christian terminology.

John Gresham Machen

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I was a huge fan of the original Red Dawn. America and brothers, you can't beat that in my world. I think there's nothing greater.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

RedWorldThinkDawnAmericaYou

I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

Sigourney Weaver

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I mourn for the kind of dad I didn't have; I rue my first broken family while taking joy in the one that I've made.

Rumaan Alam

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The O.M.B. director puts together the budget. It handles every executive order. It is the clearing house for every single federal regulation. It has input into all the management of all of the federal agencies... It is involved with everything. And I thought, 'That's where I want to be.'

Mick Mulvaney

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When I go out, I'm not going out to find a man; I'm going out to dance the night away with my best friends.

Mollie King

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In 'We Were the Mulvaneys,' animals are almost as important as people. I wanted to show the tenderness in our relationships with cats, dogs, and horses. Especially cats.

Joyce Carol Oates

CatsPeopleImportantRelationships

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

Janine di Giovanni

I AmStorySomeoneGoWayGet

Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable 'banana peel' of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene - if we will even so much as smile.

Douglas Fairbanks

LifeSmileEyesGreatHappyStand

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Democritus

TrustMenSillyWorthMarkPrudence

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Colin Powell

MorningThinkBetterYouLookBad

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