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Quotes by Canadian Authors

"Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water."

"Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

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

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

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

45

"Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy."

"Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

45

"I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw."

"I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

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"I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I went to. By the end of the class we formed our improv group, and over the next three years we performed leading up to the formation of The Kids in the Hall."

"I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I went to. By the end of the class we formed our improv group, and over the next three years we performed leading up to the formation of The Kids in the Hall."

Dave Foley, Canadian Comedian

Class, End, First, Kids

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"Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses."

"Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

Being, Buying, End

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"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."

"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Life, Focus, Forget, Pain

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"I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall."

"I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall."

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian Actor

Time, Feeling, Film, Instinct

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"Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have been kinder... But I had a really, really difficult time with the prosthetics."

"Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have been kinder... But I had a really, really difficult time with the prosthetics."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

Time, People, Deep, Space

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"In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect."

"In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Building, Countries, Direction, Tradition

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"Only a fool expects to be happy all the time."

"Only a fool expects to be happy all the time."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

45

"As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth."

"As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth."

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

Dream, Dreams, Truth, Blood, Old

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"For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done."

"For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done."

Richard J. Needham, Canadian Cartoonist

Life, People, First

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"There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong."

"There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Risk, Right, Wrong

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"You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera."

"You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

Acting, Class, Want

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"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."

"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

Cause, Freedom, Intemperance, Welfare

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"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

Yousuf Karsh, Canadian Photographer

Character, Darkness

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"This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers."

"This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers."

Henry Taube, Canadian Scientist

Work, Approval, Discovery, Joy

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"I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt."

"I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

45

"When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human, that pain is to be endured and fades, if it fades, only with time, then God became nothing to me but a dyslexic dog, with neither bark nor bite."

"When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human, that pain is to be endured and fades, if it fades, only with time, then God became nothing to me but a dyslexic dog, with neither bark nor bite."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Philosophy, Pain, Humanity, Faith, Reality

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"I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions."

"I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

Emotional, Emotions, Melancholy, Writing

45

"I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came around to complete the trilogy, I just signed on board without even reading the scripts because the experience of the first film was so good."

"I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came around to complete the trilogy, I just signed on board without even reading the scripts because the experience of the first film was so good."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

Experience, Film, First, Reading

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"When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to."

"When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

People, Favorite, Play

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"But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever."

"But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Months, Result, Talk

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"The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development."

"The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

Development, Meeting, Months

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"Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away."

"Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Awareness, Attention, Survival, Present

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"Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake."

"Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

45

"You get on TV and you become more of a star and it makes it real hard to go back to school and sit in a classroom, put your hand up if you have a question or something."

"You get on TV and you become more of a star and it makes it real hard to go back to school and sit in a classroom, put your hand up if you have a question or something."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Classroom, Question, School

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"There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages."

"There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages."

Goldwin Smith, Canadian Historian

Art, Power, People, Fancy

45

"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."

"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

45

"There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that."

"There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

45

"I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having."

"I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Experience, Acting, Play, Theatre

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"Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge."

"Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

People, Knowledge, Talk

45

"Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister."

"Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister."

Brian Mulroney, Canadian Statesman

Leadership, Mission

45

"Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture."

"Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture."

John Abbott, Canadian Statesman

Ability, Culture, Man, May

45

"I gave life, and that is beautiful."

"I gave life, and that is beautiful."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

45

"You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams."

"You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Dreams, Dream, Reality, Imagination, Escape

45

"Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us?..."

"Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us?..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Philosophy, Happiness, Unhappiness, Emotion

45

"I suppress the vast majority of what I write."

"I suppress the vast majority of what I write."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Expression, Majority

45

"You talk about scandals and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everyone to look at."

"You talk about scandals and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everyone to look at."

Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist

Politics, Americans, Right, Talk

45

"Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things."

"Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things."

John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

Science, Vocabulary

45

"I ended your experiment. Because you're not a scientist. You're a monster. I'm not leaving any of them at your mercy."

"I ended your experiment. Because you're not a scientist. You're a monster. I'm not leaving any of them at your mercy."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Science, Mercy, Conflict, Truth

45

"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."

"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."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

Canada, Film, Summer

45

"In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost."

"In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

45

"Perv."He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"

"Perv."He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Humor, Gender, Youth, Identity

45

"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game."

"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game."

Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete

45

"Despair is a free man-hope isa slave."

"Despair is a free man-hope isa slave."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Philosophy, Despair, Free, Hope, Emotion

45

"I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions."

"I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Creativity, Idea, Inventions, Software

45

"There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us."

"There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us."

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

45

"You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create."

"You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

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