Brian Mulroney Quotes
Fifty years from today, Americans will revere the name, 'Obama.' Because like his Canadian predecessors, he chose the tough responsibilities of national leadership over the meaningless nostrums of sterile partisanship that we see too much of in Canada and around the world.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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I strongly believe that good books are the best home accessory.
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So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.
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I'd like to be able to travel anywhere in an instant.
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You are 100% emotional in everything you think, feel and decide. You decide emotionally and justify logically.
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I don't score highlight reel goals. They come from work, from getting into the corners, getting a little dirty.?
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Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.
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When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.
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Fifty years from today, Americans will revere the name, 'Obama.' Because like his Canadian predecessors, he chose the tough responsibilities of national leadership over the meaningless nostrums of sterile partisanship that we see too much of in Canada and around the world.
