Andrew Nikiforuk Quotes
The destructiveness of the tar sands is not inevitable. But Canadians and Albertans have become too tolerant of the politicians who compromise the nation's energy security as well as the next generation's future.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I started out doing musicals.
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Special operations are small, highly specialized. They do amazing work when they're put into the fight, but it's a limited resource. And so if we become overly dependent on an organization that's designed for a very specific mission and expect them to solve all problems around the world, you're naturally going to overextend it.
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Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).
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I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.
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They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
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It (the fetus) is strongly aware of your feelings toward it. At times the personality traits that it had earlier color this perception. It pushes these aside impatiently. It has mental images of its own probable future, and parts of it do become frightened at times, to relinquish old adult powers for an infant's helplessness.
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The destructiveness of the tar sands is not inevitable. But Canadians and Albertans have become too tolerant of the politicians who compromise the nation's energy security as well as the next generation's future.
