top of page
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John

"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive."

Standard 
 Customized
"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive."

Exlpore more Canada quotes

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?""

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same."

Quote_1.png
Asa Don Brown

"Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit."

Explore more quotes by Lara St. John

Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him."
Quote_1.png
Lara St. John
"When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag."
bottom of page