Quotes by Canadian/Canada authors (page 52)

"Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression"

"Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase"

Scott Thompson, Comedian

"The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it"

William Osler, Scientist

"Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought"

William Osler, Scientist

"I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart, and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of me. I believe in prayer, even though I'm not that religious. I just have that foundation from my family. I mean when you think that you're just a human being and one of God's creatures, you can't take anything that seriously"

Catherine O'Hara, Actress

"I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor"

Ashleigh Banfield, Journalist

"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours"

William Vickrey, Educator

"The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern"

James Cameron, Director

"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash"

Leonard Cohen, Musician

"I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though"

Tommy Chong, Actor

"Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya"

Tommy Chong, Actor

"I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes"

Paul Anka, Musician

"Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective"

Paul Anka, Musician

"Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience"

Jeff Healey, Musician

"We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you"

Margaret Atwood, Novelist

"It's a dream part, running around with guns, being an agent"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"I'm totally on a mission to find my signature scent, but I'm too mercurial"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"I was actually a bit disappointed about the amount of sex in the show. I think Backus should get out a bit more, get a relationship, perhaps make her a lesbian"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"I quite enjoy science fiction"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world"

Shalom Harlow, Model

"I give myself strength by staying away from any music"

Alannah Myles, Musician

"Well, I don't know. It's long, it's longer than both of the other books put together, so it's more ambitious. I think I get under the skin of the people a lot more than in the other books"

Cory Doctorow, Journalist

"I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending"

Cory Doctorow, Journalist

"I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you"

Paul Anka, Musician

"The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind"

Jeff Healey, Musician

"The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable"

Gabrielle Roy, Author

"The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free"

Gabrielle Roy, Author

"Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds"

Donald Stewart Cherry, Journalist

"I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what's going on in my life"

Cory Doctorow, Journalist

"I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it"

Rachel McAdams, Actress

"I've sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?"

Rachel McAdams, Actress

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