Jack Layton Quotes
To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
Quotes to Explore
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.
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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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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Today, writers want to impress other writers.
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When I was in the hospital, I was very suicidal in a kind of blind way, I was starving to death and just 'cause I didn't want to turn out like my family showed me, you know, that's all I ever saw of people, was my own family. I wasn't allowed to associate with anyone. Oh, God. So I didn't want to live.
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I'm glad I get to live in the United States of America.
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I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.
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To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
