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Quotes by Canadian Authors

"There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket."
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Howie Mandel
"There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket."
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"Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that viral is closely associated with sickness - so don't ever make being viral your goal."
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Ann Voskamp
"Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that viral is closely associated with sickness - so don't ever make being viral your goal."
"How to 'live' in a state of awe when life is mundane and ordinary?"
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Ann Voskamp
"How to 'live' in a state of awe when life is mundane and ordinary?"
"Originality is really important."
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Jim Carrey
"Originality is really important."
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"It's just like any relationship, the more contained the environment, the more the good stuff appears and the more the bad stuff will reveal itself."
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Bruce Greenwood
"It's just like any relationship, the more contained the environment, the more the good stuff appears and the more the bad stuff will reveal itself."
"Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters."
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Will Arnett
"Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters."
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"It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game."
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Mark Messier
"It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game."
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"The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies."
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Margaret Atwood
"The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies."
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"A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species."
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J. Philippe Rushton
"A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species."
"When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems."
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Bruce Greenwood
"When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems."
"Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it."
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Melissa Auf der Maur
"Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it."
"The pro-growth policies of Congress have helped created new jobs in the region and across the country."
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Tim Murphy
"The pro-growth policies of Congress have helped created new jobs in the region and across the country."
"I believe in criticism."
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Paul Anka
"I believe in criticism."
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"It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television."
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Atom Egoyan
"It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television."
"Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other."
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Laurence J. Peter
"Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other."
"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world."
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Leonard Cohen
"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world."
"Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief."
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William Vickrey
"Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief."
"What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis."
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Kevin McDonald
"What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis."
"My voice is stronger today than ever."
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Shania Twain
"My voice is stronger today than ever."
"LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others."
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Charles Inglis
"LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others."
"I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury."
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William Shatner
"I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury."
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"Don't be so sure,' said Gamache. 'It's a little humbling to realize the pedestal isn't quite so high after all.'Brebeuf chuckled. 'Welcome to earth, Armand. It's a little dirty down here."
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Louise Penny
"Don't be so sure,' said Gamache. 'It's a little humbling to realize the pedestal isn't quite so high after all.'Brebeuf chuckled. 'Welcome to earth, Armand. It's a little dirty down here."
"I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment."
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Ann Voskamp
"I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment."
"Time, what God first deemed holy above all else (Genesis 2:3). Thank God for the time, and very God enters that time, presence hallowing it.... I awake to I AM here. When I'm present, I meet I AM, the very presence of a present God."
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Ann Voskamp
"Time, what God first deemed holy above all else (Genesis 2:3). Thank God for the time, and very God enters that time, presence hallowing it.... I awake to I AM here. When I'm present, I meet I AM, the very presence of a present God."
"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."
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Rudolph A. Marcus
"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."
"The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."
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Larry Wall
"The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."
"Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture."
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture."
"After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past."
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Robert MacNeil
"After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past."
"Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties."
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John Turner
"Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties."
"I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems."
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Keanu Reeves
"I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems."
"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."
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Ryan Reynolds
"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."
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"Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality."
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Victor Garber
"Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality."
"I hate flying, flat out hate its guts."
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William Shatner
"I hate flying, flat out hate its guts."
"Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it."
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Simon Newcomb
"Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it."
Sun,
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"I have become a housewife and there is no better job."
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Celine Dion
"I have become a housewife and there is no better job."
"The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman."
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Daniel D. Palmer
"The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman."
"I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter."
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Jim Carrey
"I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter."
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"Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't."
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Peter Jennings
"Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't."
"If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved."
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
"If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved."
"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."
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Mats Sundin
"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."
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"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."
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Emily Carr
"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."
"Then my uncle would give off the smell of freshly baked bread which I love."
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Mark McKinney
"Then my uncle would give off the smell of freshly baked bread which I love."
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"I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up."
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Shania Twain
"I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up."
"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent."
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Victor Garber
"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent."
"Believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn't."
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Louise Penny
"Believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn't."
"Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years."
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George Stephen
"Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years."
"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."
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Phil Hartman
"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."
"The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation."
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Arthur Erickson
"The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation."
"Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?"
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Yann Martel
"Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?"
"You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles."
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Gordon Sinclair
"You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles."
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