Wilfrid Laurier Quotes
It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.
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I think artists are really the root of a tree. They can search for truth or reality in their own way, and the gallery can support them - the outside part of the tree, where it is more about reaching the outside world, connecting with the outside world. That is the role of the gallery, no? Why does the artist have to do that?
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I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.
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We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?
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I hope that the movie industry will learn from the experiences of the music industry and will be much more constructive in their approach to P2P.
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You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.
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I'm not a homophobic.
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I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.
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Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog.
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As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us.
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If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.'
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I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.
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Free trade is an important component of our economy, but it also has to be fair. Too often, the needs of American workers are ignored while the interests of huge corporations are the focus of these trade deals.
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I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.
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It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular level so that we are no longer groping about in the dark.
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I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.
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Sometimes the biggest statements you can make are by living something out.
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It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.
