Jean Chretien Quotes
Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had remained French, but you can't rewrite history.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.
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A number of people in the United States, almost everyone, is using plastic cards to pay for things, but it's extremely difficult to accept these cards. So let's make it's easy and take more and more of the friction out as we can.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.
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To try to preemptively shut down debate with name-calling is profoundly un-American and will harm this country.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.
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Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had remained French, but you can't rewrite history.
