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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"Mandy would much rather have imaginary friends who were real than real friends who were imaginary."
"I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride."
"The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior."
"It really takes likeable superstars to get the attention of the masses."
"I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me."
"I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals."
"The things you should value most in this life are NOT things."
"As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad."
"Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people."
"Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings."
"I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking by themselves in a corner who now lead full and normal lives because of amazing and wonderful scientific advances."
"I've got money so I'm a Conservative."
"Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics."
"In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute."
"This LIFE is NOT about a BIG house, VALUABLE things, a FULL bank account or a POWERFUL status. It's about having a BIG open mind and heart that respects and accepts differences. It's about VALUING your family, friends & being grateful for the little things.It's about FILLING your heart and soul full of love and laughter, making the best of each day while you can. It's about having the POWER to have a positive attitude and show kindness even when you're dealing with your own adversity. THAT'S what this LIFE is all about!"
"After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which o-ne is supposed to accept without question."
"I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams."
"People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh."
"Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time."
"A gossip spread a rumor, and became notorious from the deed. The gossip then started a fire beyond their control, and when it spread, the gossip spread the word around, but people just ran away. The gossip died in the fire they started, longing for warmth they could not find or keep when they did. And no one spread the word, about the gossips' death."
"But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him."
"I believe there are so many other disciplines and themes that we still haven't explored yet. It's infinite what we can apply our creativity to."
"I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project."
"The right to write is too sacred to be wrong with."
"Happiness is gleaned from a source, which can be attributed to all experiences; it can be found wherever the individual does not mind forfeiting the option, for some sense of control."
"Do what you feel is right and good. There will always be haters and naysayers..and their problem..is just that..their problem!"
"The president of General Motors was in a foul humor."
"Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent."
"You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor." a minor," she pointed out. "At least for beer.""Yeah, and by the way, how much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and I'm not if I want a beer?"
"He was a dork, a dink, a dong. Why should the male member be used as a term of abuse? No man hated his own dorkdinkdong, quite the opposite. But maybe it was an affront that any other man had one. That must be the truth."
"Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having."
"To gain self-respect, you need to put yourself first."
"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."
"Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer."
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