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"The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive."
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"It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites."

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"I never understood what Jaime saw in you, apart from his own reflection."

"A scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination."

"Comparisons are like rigid fingers-eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it."

"It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England."

"Milk for infant as liquor for adult."

"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."

"I didn't like it when he looked at me like that. I could never escape the feeling that i was being compared to someone else."
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"The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive."
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