Paul Haggis Quotes

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

Paul Haggis

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GoodJobYourselfTheatreThinkYou

We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.

Jim Pattison

MeGoNeverUpFailJust

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.

Tony Rock

LifeGirlExperienceWalkThought

The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained personal domination over another group of people.

Robert Fogel

PeopleSlaveryExerciseNewPersonal

I can't have cats around me because they try to steal my energy.

Roseanne Barr

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No, no. I draw the line there. Anything that's going to show an outline of my manhood is not on.

Mike Colter

LineAnythingGoingShowManhood

I'd love to go and I'd love to play for my country and go to a World Cup again. I've got to accept I'm not in the current squad and just think, 'If I get it, it's a bonus and I'll give it everything.' But it's hard to do when you've been thinking a different way all your life.

Michael Owen

LifeLoveWorldThinkThinkingYou

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

Missi Pyle

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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want to do that anymore. It's not even that I don't like it anymore: it's that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

Mitski

MusicMyselfPeopleMeStrongFind

It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money.

Demetrious Johnson

MoneyYouNumbersAlwaysAboutGets

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

Chinua Achebe

WorkHistoryStoryComplicatedOur

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

Pierre Bonnard

RememberYouFastImportantPossible

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Thomas Mann

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