Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Quotes
What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don't stand up for the former and live by the latter?
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
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When you live in a small town in the Ukraine, you definitely want to go to Paris.
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I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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Because of a great love, one is courageous.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
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Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff.
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As a child I sometimes used to travel to the West Bank to visit my family, so I know what the checkpoints felt like. I knew what it was like to live under occupation.
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If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.'
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What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don't stand up for the former and live by the latter?
