Toronto Quotes - Page 6

• Indeed I have always found that the only thing in regard to Toronto which faraway people know for certain is that McGill University is in it.

  Stephen Leacock

  People, Found, Certain

  Stephen Leacock (1937). “My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada”, London : J. Lane the Bodley Head

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• TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow passengers sitting in front of their personal TV sets. They were just having the greatest time, there was so much joy in their eyes, .. And I looked to see what they were watching. And it was all out-and-out comedies. So many people watching The Longest Yard. And I just got the feeling that, 'You know what? People just like to let it all go, and have a laugh'.

  Cameron Crowe

  Eye, Laughing, People

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• The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto and I believe they should be preserved and remounted in the interests of our city's heritage.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Believe, Cities, Giants

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• In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world.

  Tracy Austin

  Three, Balls, World

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• I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas.

  Burt Ward

  Christmas, Country, Book

  "Stuph File" with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. August 28, 2016.

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• I'm very happy that John Tory won. We need a mayor of Toronto that will work with the municipalities of the Greater Toronto Area. We are the economic engine of Canada and we're not operating on all cylinders by any means.

  Hazel McCallion

  Mean, Needs, Canada

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• On the appearance of Clayton Moore at a Blue Jays home game - It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

  Bobby Bragan

  Baseball, Home, Night

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• I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.

  Ed Belfour

  Sports, Lasts, Problem

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• I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.

  Ernie Harwell

  Jobs, Years, Games

  Ernie Harwell (2004). “Life after baseball”

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• As a city powered by our country's knowledge economy, Toronto will continue to benefit from developing, attracting and retaining the world's most promising young researchers at the University of Toronto. Our government will continue to invest in research awards that lead to long-term social and economic benefits for Canadians.

  Peter Van Loan

  Country, Cities, Awards

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• I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.

  Dakota Goyo

  Thinking, Family And Friends, My Family

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• I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Moving, People, Would Be

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.

  Spike Lee

  New York, Cities, People

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• In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.

  Grimes

  Cities, America, Vancouver

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• Look, you know i don't wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn't make it. You know, like they might as well have asked some banana salesman from des moines, who was up in toronto on the big day, if he saw anyone around looking suspicious/.

  Bob Dylan

  Ungrateful, Looks, Might

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• When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto.

  Drake

  Thinking, Sound, Doe

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• The 'Degrassi' producers were very supportive. They sent me flowers when I got 'The Vampire Diaries,' and then as soon as it premiered and got the great numbers that it did, I got another large bouquet of flowers from them. Every time I go back to Toronto, I see them and hang out with them.

  Nina Dobrev

  Flower, Numbers, Supportive

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• I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.

  Rachel McAdams

  Home, Careers, Wish

  "Rachel McAdams: OK, We Love This Girl!". Interview with Alexandra Marshall, www.glamour.com. January 2, 2012.

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• 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

  Brother, Opportunity, Play

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• I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

  Tom Hooper

  Uplifting, Kings, New York

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• I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.

  Rick Wakeman

  Garden, Cities, Annoyed

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• I mean I feel like we've shot all these different movies. Like the first 2 weeks of shooting was all Steve Stills apartment and band rehearsal, you know? And so it was like this tiny little group of people and small set comparatively and it just looked like a Toronto apartment. And then we sort of kept ramping up further and further until now we're here in this giant like craziest set I've ever seen with LCD crazy lights that go....you know?

  Alison Pill

  Crazy, Mean, Light

  Source: collider.com

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• And then we came here for three weeks of band rehearsal with [music consultant/member of the band "Sloan"] Chris Murphy. And I grew up in Toronto during Sloan's heyday, so like I was like "Oh my god!" And so that was pretty cool.

  Alison Pill

  Heyday, Three, Band

  Source: collider.com

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• It's wonderful. It's amazing. I mean we have such a great music scene and art scene and there's just a great group of young people, you know, temping their way through their 20's doing other amazing things. And I've been in...I spent like 10 years working here without ever having been shooting in Toronto. And it's so frustrating because it's a great city. And I remember seeing Montreal actually used as Montreal in that Ed Norton-Robert DeNiro.

  Alison Pill

  Art, Mean, Cities

  Source: collider.com

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• The old boy network is still too strong in Canadian business. A visit to the Toronto clubs at lunch stands in about as great a contrast to the multicultural, multiracial subway underneath as can be humanly imagined. This is not healthy.

  Bob Rae

  Strong, Boys, Lunch

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