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Quotes by Canadian Authors

"I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward."
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Rachel McAdams
"I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward."
"Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis."
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Maria Monk
"Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis."
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"The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike."
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Guy Lafleur
"The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike."
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"For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters."
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Nicole Appleton
"For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters."
"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."
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Arthur Erickson
"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."
"A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced."
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Charles Inglis
"A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced."
"What's supposed to be and what is, are two very different things."
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Rebecca McNutt
"What's supposed to be and what is, are two very different things."
"In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been."
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Ivan Reitman
"In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been."
"I hate it when politics play too large part in the sport."
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Jacques Villeneuve
"I hate it when politics play too large part in the sport."
"I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence."
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Sarah McLachlan
"I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence."
"My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded."
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Ted Lindsay
"My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded."
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"Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him."
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Lara St. John
"Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him."
"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time."
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Robertson Davies
"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time."
"After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began."
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Rudolph A. Marcus
"After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began."
"With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable."
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Michael Shanks
"With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable."
"Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption."
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Ian Hacking
"Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption."
"Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters."
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters."
"The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs."
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Deborah Cox
"The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs."
"I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara."
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Rachel McAdams
"I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara."
"I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke."
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Michael Ignatieff
"I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke."
"One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."
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William Shatner
"One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."
"Why do they lie? she asked herself aloud. "They say time makes losing someone you loved easier to deal with, but it only makes it worse."
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Rebecca McNutt
"Why do they lie? she asked herself aloud. "They say time makes losing someone you loved easier to deal with, but it only makes it worse."
"Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims."
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Yann Martel
"Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims."
"A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know."
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Laurence J. Peter
"A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know."
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"Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arrive at Christmas Day weary and disillusioned."
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Ann Voskamp
"Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arrive at Christmas Day weary and disillusioned."
"The secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is."
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Ann Voskamp
"The secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is."
"She shakily rushed towards the car to find Alecto casually standing beside it, smoking a cigarette and staring fixedly on the radio as it played the song 'Draggin' the Line' by Tommy James, his expression thoughtful. "What are you thinking about? Mandy questioned."Wouldn't the world be a very loud place to live if we said everything we thought? Alecto asked quietly."
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Rebecca McNutt
"She shakily rushed towards the car to find Alecto casually standing beside it, smoking a cigarette and staring fixedly on the radio as it played the song 'Draggin' the Line' by Tommy James, his expression thoughtful. "What are you thinking about? Mandy questioned."Wouldn't the world be a very loud place to live if we said everything we thought? Alecto asked quietly."
"The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want."
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Todd McFarlane
"The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want."
"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
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Ivan Reitman
"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."
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Devon Sawa
"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."
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"You have two choices... You can make the BEST of IT or you can let IT get the BEST of you!"
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Tanya Masse
"You have two choices... You can make the BEST of IT or you can let IT get the BEST of you!"
"The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away."
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Mary Balogh
"The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away."
"I would definitely stay in the business, be behind the camera maybe."
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Devon Sawa
"I would definitely stay in the business, be behind the camera maybe."
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"Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with."
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Neve Campbell
"Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with."
"I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him."
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Mary MacLane
"I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him."
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"It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments."
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Sidney Altman
"It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments."
"Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell."
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Howie Mandel
"Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell."
"I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992."
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J. Philippe Rushton
"I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992."
"Success is not random."
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Lorii Myers
"Success is not random."
"The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line."
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Arthur Erickson
"The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line."
"My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent."
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Victor Garber
"My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent."
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"She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better.""Define BETTER with that guy.""Not all fangs and raaaaar."
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Rachel Caine
"She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better.""Define BETTER with that guy.""Not all fangs and raaaaar."
"There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down."
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Joni Mitchell
"There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down."
"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."
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Neil Young
"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."
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"I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important."
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Leslie Nielsen
"I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important."
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"Countries adopting free-market capitalism have increased output 70-fold, halved work days and doubled lifespans."
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Stefan Molyneux
"Countries adopting free-market capitalism have increased output 70-fold, halved work days and doubled lifespans."
"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."
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Guy Lafleur
"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."
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"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."
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Andrea Martin
"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."
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"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together."
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Neil Young
"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together."
"I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged."
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Jim Carrey
"I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged."
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