Mordecai Richler Quotes
The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Swing dance has been a part of my life since I was born.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.
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You help families focus on the future through their children.
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I don't write women who are weak or simpering.
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My own death threats have declined considerably.
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With solos, I don't like to be too prepared going in - I like to surprise myself.
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I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.
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I've always been a voracious reader.
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My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-schooled my siblings and I, and she was desperately trying to find something for me to do for an extracurricular. She was trying to socialize me, so she put me in community theater, and I was instantly taken by it.
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I think I was raised by a really good mother.
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In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
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I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music.
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Consumers and businesses alike value their ability to keep a phone number when changing providers or relocating. This concept is called 'number portability.'
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The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.
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You can almost convince yourself that you've accomplished things just by thinking about them. The alternative is to be more realistic. You don't necessarily regard the dreaming process as bad or an obstacle, but it's not realistic enough.
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You lose somebody you've possibly known for years and on top of that you lose a character that you love seeing on TV so I think that kind of makes it cool that we pay a price too. That it is painful on many levels and its amazing to be writing that moment and crossing that line right on the page and seeing the ugliness of it and having to deal with it. It's a very weird thing.
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The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.
