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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality."
"Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression."
"When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative."
"The human mind and body are truly extraordinary. They are the quintessence of excellence in motion. We talk, touch, see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. We dream, aspire, and become. All that we are is mind and body and spirit-that is our universe."
"I was born at St. John's, where they lived for a short time."
"I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others."
"One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role."
"If you are afraid to fail, your successes will be few, common, and unmemorable."
"There's no reason that anything should ever become obsolete, whether it be VHS tapes, celluloid film, print books or even the previous versions of a computer operating system, as long as even just one person still wants them around. After all, one thing leads to another, old inventions are the basis for new ones, inventors and designers and scientists and hobbyists worked hard to create all these things, so don't they deserve some respect, enough not to have their ideas buried in the dust by the latest trends and fads?"
"The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day."
"NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week."
"Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence."
"The ugliness at the heart of beauty. Is there always ugliness, do you suppose? Even when the object is very, very beautiful?"
"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive."
"Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach."
"We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect."
"For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story."
"Believe that your hard work, dedication and persistence will pay off; improve through continual learning and believe in your future."
"I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more."
"Consider the value of doing what you love and being paid for it! This is truly a golfer's dream."
"Do things that count, but don't count the things you do."
"Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal."
"Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services."
"As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted."
"When you begin to expect that there is always room for improvement, you put yourself in the driver's seat. Why wait for someone else to figure it out or do it? Expect that you are the one. Expect great outcomes. Expect that you are the best candidate and that you will achieve your goals."
"I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie."
"With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it."
"Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?"
"It must have been an endless breathing in: between the wish to know and the wish to praise there was no seam."
"Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing."
"It's sometimes easier to help others rather than helping yourself. The trick is to listen to your "self" as a friend. This may be the simplest change you ever make in life, with the biggest impact."
"I see technology as being an extension of the human body."
"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."
"Capitalism has a way of letting people view the world through rose-coloured glasses."
"When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence."
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