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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.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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What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.
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I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something comes to me and I enjoy it and want to be a part of it.
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The scientist and engineers who are building the future need the poets to make sense of it.
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Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future, and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would have taken to get from where you are now to where you want to be.
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Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.
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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.
