Preston Manning Quotes
The first lesson, for all Canadians, is that the closed door, top down approaches to constitution making do not provide the public input or debate necessary to achieve a constitutional consensus that will be supported by the people.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I don't like allegories.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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I still have a lot of military contacts, and friends and readers who've served or are serving, and they react really strongly to G.I. Joe. I've lost count of the number who've said, 'Oh, I just loved it as a kid. I had all the figures; it really made me think.'
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I live in Hollywood, California. It's absolutely nothing like Absaroka County, Wyoming. For me, it's a great escape and I really enjoy it.
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Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did.
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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
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Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted.
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You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
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And basically, the sense of the 'Pledge to America' is this: Republicans understand when we were in charge, we got fired in '06. We spent too much money. We defied the trust that the people had put in us. And we know that there is a better way.
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The first lesson, for all Canadians, is that the closed door, top down approaches to constitution making do not provide the public input or debate necessary to achieve a constitutional consensus that will be supported by the people.
