Alex Campbell Quotes
However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this physical and spiritual rot settling into a number of our Canadian urban centres with a troubling spill-over into many of our more rural areas.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.
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Acting is the only thing that makes me happy.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.
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Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
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I wrote 'She's a Lady' on the back of a TWA menu, flying back from London after doing Tom Jones's TV show. Jones's manager wanted me to write him a song. If I have an idea and I don't have a pad of paper, I'll write on whatever is available. What's the difference? Paper is paper.
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However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this physical and spiritual rot settling into a number of our Canadian urban centres with a troubling spill-over into many of our more rural areas.
