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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"The programme has ended, something has finished, and he has a sense of something having finished its course, and then all of a sudden he turns away and this other thing has just finished its course, this other person."
"I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos."
"If someone wants to suck your toes, those toes should be worth sucking."
"Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government."
"All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support."
"I know, it was a little bit out of control, but hey. It was all fun."
"It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern."
"Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny."
"There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention."
"I'm glad I have an outlet. I don't think I would put my aggression elsewhere, but working on the projects I have worked on, you tend to benefit personally from trying to wrap your head around the way other people look at the world."
"Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been."
"The next time, you say that you want something, watch your behavior. If you try to cop out of doing what it takes, if you hide behind excuses, if you just don't want to do what it takes then perhaps reconsider: Is what you think you want actually something that you do in fact want?"
"Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?"
"Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life."
"I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage."
"We very much regret that our merger with Sprint was not allowed to proceed."
"As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities."
"I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character."
"Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?"
"When you judge yourself, chances are you also are judging others. True self-acceptance releases you from both."
"You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!"
"I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role."
"Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve."
"No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher."
"We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that."
"If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms."
"In life I've learned one thing; if you want to be good you have to connect with the best people. So I got very close to the high-stakes players here. I get to watch them and play with them a little bit."
"Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth."
"Many pride themselves, staking claim to the noble virtue that is loyalty. However, many resolve to give their allegiance to nothing. How can one demand loyalty, if one stands by nothing, nor commits to the realization of an ideal?"
"I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them."
"To be conscientious. You must first be conscious."
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