British Columbia Quotes

• There is much to be said against the climate on the coast of British Columbia and Alaska; yet, I believe that the scenery of one good day will compensate the tourists who will go there in increasing numbers.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Beauty, Believe, Good Day

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• The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of wonder that lives in a magical land of beauty, grace and unbridled potential.

  Gordon Campbell

  Powerful, Land, Essence

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• The natives of British Columbia live largely upon the fish which abound in their seas and rivers. If the fish do not come in due season, and the Indians are hungry, A Nootka wizard will make an image of a swimming fish and put it into the water in the direction from which the fish generally appear. This ceremony, accompanied by a prayer to the fish to come, will cause them to arrive at once.

  James G. Frazer

  Prayer, Swimming, Sea

  "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.

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• The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  America, Three, Coast

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.56, VM eBooks

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• In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.

  Dan Miller

  Thinking, Alaska, Working Together

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• The art of British Columbia's native Indians played a big role in inspiring my creativity... the simplicity of the images, the graciousness of the lines and curves, and the emotional impact of the bright simple primary colours.

  Joe Average

  Art, Creativity, Simple

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• There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.

  Denis Kearney

  Chinese, Borders, Mexico

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• I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.

  Wayne Knight

  Rocks, People, Columbia

  "Biography/Personal Quotes".

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• I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

  Natalie Dormer

  Autumn, Tree, Vancouver

  "'Start as young as possible': Adventurous Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on the importance of travel (and why she always packs a hat to hide her greasy hair)". Interview with Anucyia Victor, www.dailymail.co.uk. September 15, 2014.

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• I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Vancouver, Grew Up, Columbia

  Interview with Sandra Bullock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 26, 2009.

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• You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms, but we shouldn't deny that both of them can have an impact, and that's why we're talking about this broadly.

  Christy Clark

  Impact, Talking, Different

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.

  Raymond Burr

  Years, Sea, San Francisco

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• To put it in context, the federal government was, at the beginning [of the Vancouver meeting], talking about a $15-per-tonne floor for carbon emissions. We're at $30 a tonne, so we're already double that. But our economy is growing at a faster rate - three per cent of GDP is our projected growth in British Columbia.

  Christy Clark

  Government, Talking, Gdp

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• Our Government is pleased to partner with the Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society, located in the heart of British Columbia's vibrant Central Okanagan region. Support for the performing arts is essential for the professional growth and development of our Canadian artists.

  Shelly Glover

  Art, Government, Support

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• Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in the open naked, and they wouldent put their clothes on? The authorities finally turned a Sprayer that you use on trees, on 'em. That may lead into quite a thing. Woman comes into the tax office nude, saying I won't pay. Well they can't search her and get anything. It sounds great. How far is it to British Columbia?

  Will Rogers

  Clothes, Office, Tree

  Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1982). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”

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• When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.

  Josh McDowell

  Directors, Ridiculous, Remember

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• I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia. Any Adam Sandler film is fun to work on because it is a reunion of the boys club of guys that have worked together in the past.

  Kevin Nealon

  Fun, Boys, Past

  "Paul Mann: Master Comedian Kevin Nealon Talks About His Career, Tour". Interview with L. Paul Mann, www.noozhawk.com. January 13, 2012.

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• As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Kids, Long

  The IGN Interview, ca.ign.com. December 1, 2003.

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• Among the worst examples is that of the Alberni Indian Residential School (British Columbia) where, during the 1920s, children caught talking Indian suffered the hideous ordeal of having sewing needles pushed through their tongues.

  Ward Churchill

  Children, School, Talking

  "The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools". Book by Ward Churchill, November 2004.

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• As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state.

  Rick Larsen

  Winter, Opportunity, Games

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• Mountain Pine bark beetles need -37°C (-35°F) for three days to freeze to death. Unfortunately, with global warming, that no longer happens in British Columbia [Canada]. This means the population of the beetles have exploded. They have destroyed more forests than all the environmentalists put together have saved.

  Mark Leiren-Young

  Mean, Together, Mountain

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• I even got a letter from a young woman in British Columbia that began as follows: 'Today I am eighteen. I am sitting at the window, looking out at the rain, and thinking how much I love you.'

  Isaac Asimov

  Rain, Love You, Thinking

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.426, Bantam

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• Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

  Stockwell Day

  Knights, Groups, Use

  House of Commons Debates, www.ourcommons.ca. March 24, 2005.

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• One of the things I do know about investment from around the world and job creators: they won't come to British Columbia if our attitude is well, "no," or all of our processes are just going to be a way of making sure you can't get to "yes." They'll just go somewhere else. Those jobs will be somewhere else.

  Christy Clark

  Jobs, Attitude, Somewhere Else

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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