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"I'm all right, Nic," Wolfe said, and finally looked at him. "We walked through the dungeons under Rome, survived Philadelphia, and this perfumed cage won't bring us to our knees. We're all stronger than that.""All right," Santi said. "But don't ask me to stop standing next to you. Because you know I will, however much you shout about it."

"I'm all right, Nic," Wolfe said, and finally looked at him. "We walked through the dungeons under Rome, survived Philadelphia, and this perfumed cage won't bring us to our knees. We're all stronger than that.""All right," Santi said. "But don't ask me to stop standing next to you. Because you know I will, however much you shout about it."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Brotherhood, Friendship, Strength, Support, Loyalty

15

"Don't be ridiculous, please.'The most insulting words in the world!"

"Don't be ridiculous, please.'The most insulting words in the world!"

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Offense, Insult, Word, World, Emotion

15

"I've never been cool - and I don't care."

"I've never been cool - and I don't care."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

15

"My time is now."

"My time is now."

John Turner, Canadian Statesman

15

"SCREW CHILDREN! That's the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don't comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with religion and statism and patriotism and military worship, what if we just did what was right for them? The whole world is built on "screw children", and if we changed that, this would be an alien planet to us."

"SCREW CHILDREN! That's the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don't comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with religion and statism and patriotism and military worship, what if we just did what was right for them? The whole world is built on "screw children", and if we changed that, this would be an alien planet to us."

Stefan Molyneux, Canadian Author

Reform, Children, Justice, Society, Future

15

"Life is a game and true love is a trophy."

"Life is a game and true love is a trophy."

Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician

15

"It's kind of beating a dead horse if you're talking about going out and saying wrestling's fake, or this or that. People don't want to hear that. They want to hear, they wanted to find an inside story."

"It's kind of beating a dead horse if you're talking about going out and saying wrestling's fake, or this or that. People don't want to hear that. They want to hear, they wanted to find an inside story."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

People, Saying, Talking, Want

15

"I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family."

"I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

15

"Man cannot live by incompetence alone."

"Man cannot live by incompetence alone."

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

Labor, Incompetence, Man

15

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Love, Movies, Brooks

15

"This murdered girl troubles me. After the first shock, nobody at school says much about her. Even Cordelia does not want to talk about her. It's as if this girl has done something shameful, herself, by being murdered."

"This murdered girl troubles me. After the first shock, nobody at school says much about her. Even Cordelia does not want to talk about her. It's as if this girl has done something shameful, herself, by being murdered."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Tragedy, Death, Shame, Violence, Murder

15

"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician

Body, Difference, Future, Will

15

"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."

"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

15

"Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities."

"Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

15

"We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada."

"We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

Politics, Canada, Nothing, Will

15

"Anyway, he and I worked on the script together, and I must say he was a joy to work with. Very enthusiastic."

"Anyway, he and I worked on the script together, and I must say he was a joy to work with. Very enthusiastic."

Arthur Hiller, Canadian Director

15

"If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money."

"If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money."

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

Money, People, Commitment, Want

15

"I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice."

"I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice."

Chris Hadfield, Canadian Astronaut

15

"My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies."

"My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

15

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

15

"One is that if women's sexuality in Africa wasn't under assault, if women were able to say no, if women weren't subject to predatory attacks by men, or predatory behaviour generally, then you would have a disease in Africa called AIDS. But you wouldn't have a pandemic."

"One is that if women's sexuality in Africa wasn't under assault, if women were able to say no, if women weren't subject to predatory attacks by men, or predatory behaviour generally, then you would have a disease in Africa called AIDS. But you wouldn't have a pandemic."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

Woman, Women, Disease, Sexuality

15

"I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive."

"I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive."

Elvis Stojko, Canadian Athlete

15

"I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one."

"I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

15

"We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them."

"We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them."

Stephen Vizinczey, Canadian Author

People, Culture, Nothing, Now

15

"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry."

"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry."

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author

15

"Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces."

"Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

War, Fighting, Workers

15

"I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister."

"I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister."

Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian Statesman

People, Gentlemen

15

"I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes."

"I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

People, Forget, Songs

15

"I've spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favourite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life."

"I've spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favourite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

Life, Time, Family, Friends

15

"I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money."

"I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

Money, Newspapers

15

"Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them."

"Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

Home, Canada, Country, Will

15

"Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon."

"Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon."

Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist

15

"I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of actors feel that if they see their work, and the director likes what they're doing, the actor might try to correct their mistakes."

"I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of actors feel that if they see their work, and the director likes what they're doing, the actor might try to correct their mistakes."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

Love, Work, Actors

15

"I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front."

"I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

15

"If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be."

"If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be."

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian Actor

Imagination, Attention, Pretty

15

"I miss my mother very, very much."

"I miss my mother very, very much."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

15

"I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes."

"I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes."

Barry Pepper, Canadian Actor

15

"I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way."

"I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

15

"The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science."

"The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science."

John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

15

"When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people."

"When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

People, Day, Fans, Night

15

"The house, and all the objects in it, crackled with static electricity; undertows washed through it, the air was heavy with things that were known but not spoken. Like a hollow log, a drum, a church, it was amplified, so that conversations whispered in it sixty years ago can be half-heard today."

"The house, and all the objects in it, crackled with static electricity; undertows washed through it, the air was heavy with things that were known but not spoken. Like a hollow log, a drum, a church, it was amplified, so that conversations whispered in it sixty years ago can be half-heard today."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Atmosphere, Memory, History, Space, Home

15

"One new feature or fresh take can change everything."

"One new feature or fresh take can change everything."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

15

"I've been working some really long hours for the last five or six years. Anybody who works on series television knows, and especially women because women spend probably two hours more than the guys with all their hair and makeup crap."

"I've been working some really long hours for the last five or six years. Anybody who works on series television knows, and especially women because women spend probably two hours more than the guys with all their hair and makeup crap."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Woman, Women, Hair, Makeup, Television

15

"In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies."

"In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Wisdom, Lies, Statistics

15

"Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief."

"Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Balance, Nothing, Will

15

"By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the streetcar with somebody who looked like they could be my mother and go to the end of the line."

"By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the streetcar with somebody who looked like they could be my mother and go to the end of the line."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Time, Mother, End

15

"Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe."

"Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe."

Daniel D. Palmer, Canadian Celebrity

Man, Spiritual, Universe

15

"My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands."

"My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

Goal, Canada, Islands, Living

15

"I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day."

"I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Family, Mother, Day, Today

15

"So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness."

"So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness."

Arthur Hiller, Canadian Director

Happiness, Office

15

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