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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment."
"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."
"I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible."
"We're not very accepting of people who act strangely."
"I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series."
"The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet."
"The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation."
"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."
"Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it."
"From that moment on, there will be an irreversible process to separate Quebec from Canada."
"When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week."
"We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down."
"The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago."
"They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly."
"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials."
"It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo."
"About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments."
"The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw."
"Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't."
"I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary."
"Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness."
"Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself."
"Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers."
"The country has been of better character since leaving the Buttes than E. of them, but has now a very fertile appearance. This may be said to begin about the 3rd crossing of Milk R of the line."
"When I wasn't the flavor of the week or month or day, those were hard times."
"If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
"The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases."
"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
"There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler."
"Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road."
"Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie."
"I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions."
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