Andrew Nikiforuk Quotes
Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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I look formidable.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.
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It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.
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As stated earlier, I am a pessimistic optimist, or what I like to call a 'pissed-omist.' This is a person who has lived long enough to know not to expect much from most people or life in general, but still allows him- or herself the hope that somewhere under all the horseshit there may possibly be a pony.
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Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.
