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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke."
"We _are_ rich,' said Anne staunchly. 'Why, we have sixteen years to our credit, and we are as happy as queens and we've all got imaginations, more or less. Look at that sea, girls - all silver and shallow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds."
"Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters."
"What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality."
"A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species."
"The individual soul touches upon the world soul like a well reaches for the water table. That which sustains the universe beyond thought and language, and that which is at the core of us and struggles for expression, is the same thing. The finite within the infinite, the infinite within the finite."
"I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!"
"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."
"The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet."
"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."
"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."
"It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television."
"AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations."
"I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else."
"Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it."
"Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it."
"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."
"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning."
"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."
"Joy is a flame that glimmers only in the palm of the open and humble hand. In an open and humble palm, released and surrendered to receive, light dances, flickers happy. The moment the hand is clenched tight, fingers all pointing towards self and rights and demands, joy is snuffed out. Anger is the lid that suffocates joy until she lies limp and lifeless."
"My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology."
"As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence."
"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw."
"Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses."
"Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families."
"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance."
"I've recently started composting in my apartment, which is quite an adventure."
"The pro-growth policies of Congress have helped created new jobs in the region and across the country."
"I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it."
"Anything that was perverse and silly would be Kids in the Hall."
"We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape."
"I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems."
"This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives."
"Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality."
"As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity."
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