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Small: Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate response
"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?
"No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
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Small: If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female
"If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
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Small: An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness
"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
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Small: A word after a word after a word is power
"A word after a word after a word is power"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
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Small: The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave
Lexa Doig
"The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave"
Lexa Doig, Actress
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Small: It doesnt matter if youre staying at a four-star hotel, you will never have your whole closet with you
Lexa Doig
"It doesn't matter if you're staying at a four-star hotel, you will never have your whole closet with you"
Lexa Doig, Actress
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Small: Im a perfume whore
Lexa Doig
"I'm a perfume whore"
Lexa Doig, Actress
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Small: With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesnt relate to the next verse. I dont think that one day reall
"With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life"
Neil Young, Musician
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Small: The 60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together
"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together"
Neil Young, Musician
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Small: I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow
"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow"
Neil Young, Musician
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Small: I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time
"I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time"
Neil Young, Musician
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Small: I dont think Im a thorn in the industry, Im just another part of it
"I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it"
Neil Young, Musician
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Small: Genius of a kind has always been with me an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality an excellen
"Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body and a pitiably starved soul"
Mary MacLane, Writer
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Small: To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the strugg
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle"
William Osler, Scientist
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Small: The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has beco
"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow"
William Osler, Scientist
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Small: One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine
"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine"
William Osler, Scientist
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Small: Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural e
"Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic"
Stephen Lewis, Politician
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Small: I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher
"I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher"
Stephen Lewis, Politician
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Small: I think when youve travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here dont recog
"I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level"
Stephen Lewis, Politician
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Small: But I dont want to leave until I see the breakthrough
"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough"
Stephen Lewis, Politician
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Small: What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?
James Cameron
"What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?"
James Cameron, Director
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Small: I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to
James Cameron
"I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself"
James Cameron, Director
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Small: I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we swam in the
James Cameron
"I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we swam in the - you know, there was a lot of water around. Niagara Falls was about four or five miles away"
James Cameron, Director
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Small: You dont have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green
"You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green"
Shalom Harlow, Model
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Small: If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, Id wind u
"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself"
Mike Weir, Athlete
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Small: I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. Its nice gravy, but its not a big motivating factor for me
"I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money"
Mike Weir, Athlete
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Small: I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and
"I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing"
Mike Weir, Athlete
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Small: Canada is hockey
"Canada is hockey"
Mike Weir, Athlete
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Small: Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality
"Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality"
Shawn Ashmore, Actor
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Small: Playing a character whos dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associ
"Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it"
Shawn Ashmore, Actor
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Small: Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyones relationship to
"Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a recap for all those who have forgotten since the last movie"
Shawn Ashmore, Actor
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Small: Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up
"Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up"
Shawn Ashmore, Actor
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Small: In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows youre stro
"In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care"
Victoria Pratt, Actress
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Small: I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think Im a little different
"I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different"
Victoria Pratt, Actress
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Small: I came to acting in a very circuitous way
"I came to acting in a very circuitous way"
Victoria Pratt, Actress
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Small: There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive
"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive"
Lara St. John, Musician
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Small: However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poison
"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all"
Lara St. John, Musician
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Small: My mothers five-foot-two, and Ill be honest with you - shes the only person Im scared of
"My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of"
Kiefer Sutherland, Actor
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