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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'"
"The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons."
"I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity."
"I find myself dreaming of doing normal things - like staying home and washing dishes."
"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck."
"Originally the dream was about traveling and developing a job that would permit me to travel. And I decided to go into street performing because it was a traveling job; it would let me go around the world."
"Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?"
"It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it."
"We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility."
"That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find."
"Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups."
"Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights."
"I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest."
"Moreover, health center services save money and lives by treating diseases before they become chronic conditions, require hospital care or require a trip to the emergency room."
"Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain."
"I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's difficult to find backing for them."
"And we know Bruce Campbell from way back, so that was a lot of fun."
"Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws."
"Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices."
"So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around."
"Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood."
"In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind."
"We've got this weird dysgenic situation where we're basically just paying idiots to breed and taxing intelligent people to stay away from each other with anything remotely resembling fertility."
"There is something infinitely better than happily-ever-after. There is happiness. Happiness is a living, dynamic thing, Eve, and has to be worked on every moment for the rest of our lives. It is a far more exciting prospect than that silly static idea of a happily-ever-after. Would you not agree?' - Aidan Bedwyn."
"A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. 'What do you want, Richard?'Richard Morrell's police cruiser was parked in the drive. He hadn't flashed any lights or howled any sirens, so she supposed it wasn't an emergency, exactly. But she knew him well enough to know he didn't pay social visits, at least not to the Glass House.'Good question,' Richard said. 'I guess I want a nice girl who can cook, likes action movies, and looks good in short skirts. But I'll settle for you taking the chain off the door and letting me in."
"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."
"Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania."
"Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities."
"I'll tell something, a lot of times I'd listen to Charlie and some of the interviews he had and he said, 'Well, yeah, I was a garbage goal collector.' But he knew the timing. I knew where he was."
"You weren't lost. You were exploring. There's a difference."
"I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this."
"Sometimes LIFE is rough and tough. That's still NO excuse for you to be."
"In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress."
"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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