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Small: I was born at St. Johns, where they lived for a short time
"I was born at St. John's, where they lived for a short time"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts and often stood in great awe of them.
"I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid
"I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great points to which our attention was constantly directed"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me,
"Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were not for that book, Catholics would never be led to renounce their own faith"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Co
"Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that
"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant
"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test condit
"I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of t
"I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know"
Victoria Pratt, Actress
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Small: J. Lo, whether she is good or bad, is like a fiery movie star, a throwback to Elizabeth Taylor in her heyday
"J. Lo, whether she is good or bad, is like a fiery movie star, a throwback to Elizabeth Taylor in her heyday"
Steven Cojocaru, Critic
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Small: Im very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years
"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years"
Steven Cojocaru, Critic
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Small: I was born with this. Its a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without
"I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign"
Steven Cojocaru, Critic
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Small: I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that theres s
Ryan Gosling
"I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that there's so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you"
Ryan Gosling, Actor
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Small: I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I dont know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do
Ryan Gosling
"I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith"
Ryan Gosling, Actor
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Small: I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. Im just trying to play as many characters as I c
Ryan Gosling
"I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to"
Ryan Gosling, Actor
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Small: I dont like to be entertaining. I dont like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a com
Ryan Gosling
"I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it"
Ryan Gosling, Actor
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Small: Who is the ideal reader? God only knows
"Who is the ideal reader? God only knows"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and t
"Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and int
"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive"
John Barton, Poet
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Small: Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about h
"Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about halfway through a novel that I hope will come out in 1998"
Robert MacNeil, Journalist
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Small: I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were m
"I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion"
Robert MacNeil, Journalist
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Small: As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensurin
Paul Martin
"As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada's place in the world is one of influence and pride"
Paul Martin, Politician
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Small: I dont consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I fee
"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin"
Leonard Cohen, Musician
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Small: You get on TV and you become more of a star and it makes it real hard to go back to school and sit in a classr
Owen Hart
"You get on TV and you become more of a star and it makes it real hard to go back to school and sit in a classroom, put your hand up if you have a question or something"
Owen Hart, Entertainer
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Small: Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as
Owen Hart
"Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time"
Owen Hart, Entertainer
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Small: Im Owen Hart and I have my own identity and my own style
Owen Hart
"I'm Owen Hart and I have my own identity and my own style"
Owen Hart, Entertainer
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Small: I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into
Owen Hart
"I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into"
Owen Hart, Entertainer
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Small: There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured.
Neve Campbell
"There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance"
Neve Campbell, Actress
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Small: The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and Id never screamed at someone in my life
Neve Campbell
"The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life"
Neve Campbell, Actress
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Small: Party of Five won a Golden Globe, it was a well-written television series
Neve Campbell
"Party of Five won a Golden Globe, it was a well-written television series"
Neve Campbell, Actress
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Small: I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am
Neve Campbell
"I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am"
Neve Campbell, Actress
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Small: My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that Im listening to. It really does affect me on a v
"My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level"
Kiefer Sutherland, Actor
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Small: I didnt realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive
"I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive"
Kiefer Sutherland, Actor
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Small: I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things and this I soon learnt,
"I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
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Small: Oh yeah, Im about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards
"Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards"
Andrea Martin, Actor
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Small: I like to know where Im going to be at seven oclock
"I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock"
Andrea Martin, Actor
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Small: Im sick of the treadmill
"I'm sick of the treadmill"
Andrea Martin, Actor
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Small: Heres probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that Im stepping out and being Andrea Martin.
"Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do"
Andrea Martin, Actor
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Small: But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genoc
"But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people"
Andrea Martin, Actor
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Small: We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born
"We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future"
John Barton, Poet
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