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" I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.' "

Ridley Scott

Church

Thinking

Process

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Watch

Doing

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View

Technology

" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "

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Ridley Scott

Degree

Yes

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Ridley Scott

I Am

Constant

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