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Quotes by Canadian Authors

"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star."
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star."
"Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done."
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Margaret Atwood
"Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done."
"You see," she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him."
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L. M. Montgomery
"You see," she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him."
"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."
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Norman Jewison
"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."
"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity."
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Robertson Davies
"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity."
"I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something."
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George Woodcock
"I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something."
"Men with style are great because they have a sense of self."
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Lexa Doig
"Men with style are great because they have a sense of self."
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"However, many skilled medical volunteers are turned away because community health centers cannot afford to cover their additional medical liability insurance."
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Tim Murphy
"However, many skilled medical volunteers are turned away because community health centers cannot afford to cover their additional medical liability insurance."
"What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material."
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Rick Moranis
"What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material."
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"People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?"
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Avril Lavigne
"People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?"
"There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical."
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Robert Bourassa
"There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical."
"I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity."
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Rachel McAdams
"I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity."
"In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming."
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Alanis Morissette
"In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming."
"My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends."
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Steve Nash
"My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends."
"There's a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful."
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Will Arnett
"There's a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful."
"My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men."
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Simon Newcomb
"My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men."
"Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me."
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Will Arnett
"Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me."
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"Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag."
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David McFadden
"Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag."
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"The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in."
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Stephen Vizinczey
"The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in."
"Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help."
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Gordon Sinclair
"Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help."
"You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway."
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Sebastian Bach
"You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway."
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"I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done."
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Nicholas Lea
"I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done."
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"Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to."
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David Cronenberg
"Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to."
"One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures."
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Larry Wall
"One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures."
"In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader."
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A. E. van Vogt
"In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader."
"Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want."
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Bruce Greenwood
"Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want."
"So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor the stretch in between, since it's the hardest to do anything with. That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what."
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Margaret Atwood
"So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor the stretch in between, since it's the hardest to do anything with. That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what."
"I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience."
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Deborah Cox
"I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience."
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"I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign."
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Steven Cojocaru
"I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign."
"My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom."
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Michael Ironside
"My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom."
"We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business."
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Deborah Cox
"We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business."
"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."
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William Shatner
"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."
"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."
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Norman Jewison
"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."
"They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other."
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Joseph Howe
"They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other."
"Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition."
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Norman Jewison
"Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition."
"I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic."
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Mike Myers
"I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic."
"From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters."
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Deborah Cox
"From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters."
"Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this."
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Shania Twain
"Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this."
"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel."
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Margaret Atwood
"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel."
"I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films."
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Ted Kotcheff
"I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films."
"After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old."
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Emm Gryner
"After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old."
"I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role."
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Deborah Cox
"I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role."
"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
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L. M. Montgomery
"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."
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Norman Jewison
"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."
"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."
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Todd McFarlane
"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."
"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."
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Hans Selye
"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."
"The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases."
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Larry Wall
"The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases."
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"In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God."
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John Strachan
"In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God."
"Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve."
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Rachel Caine
"Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve."
"In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it."
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William Shatner
"In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it."
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