Adrienne Clarkson Quotes
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
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The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I couldn't get a date, but I couldn't be quite sure how unattractive I'd become. I was still friendly; I made jokes, and in my mind, if I saw a woman smiling at me... I still had a chance. I did not.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
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The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.
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I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.
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Personally, I don't wear fur.
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I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.
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Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
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The important thing is to end a conflict that has brought burdens to both our peoples, and above all to the people of South Viet-Nam. If you have any thoughts about the actions I propose , it would be most important that I receive them as soon as possible.
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I feel like when people meet me, I'm very much not what they expected I would be. I'm not a diva, and I'm not mean to people or have weird rules.
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I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.
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I know that any fan of 'Veronica Mars' is hardcore and loyal, so I give them the time; we spend time talking about it because it warrants that.
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Chance alone is at the source of all novelty, all creation in the biosphere.
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I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.
Charles B. Rangel
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It really helps me to get into the character of the record when I have a designated look. It just really simplifies things for me.
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Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.
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I think the bad-guy roles are fun - there are more of them, and they're written more colorfully.
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This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the heart but, pull thin, it would drape the entire world.
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Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law.
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To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
