Canada Quotes - Page 6

• It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.

  Yann Martel

  Country, Writing, People

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• The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women.

  Emily Carr

  Men, Fields, He Man

  Emily Carr (2009). “Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr”, p.383, D & M Publishers

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• When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but I think they resonate with a lot of people and they are a solid base for Canada to co-operate and help others.

  Christine Lagarde

  Helping Others, Thinking, People

  "Christine Lagarde on slow growth, inequality and fighting cynicism". Interview with Kevin Carmichael, www.macleans.ca. September 12, 2016.

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• Canada stands out as making a sensible and positive contribution to the world. I'm saying that maybe because of its inclination toward multilateralism. Support for the environmental protection cause. It's relationship between people and nature.

  Christine Lagarde

  People, Support, Environmental

  "Christine Lagarde on slow growth, inequality and fighting cynicism". Interview with Kevin Carmichael, www.macleans.ca. September 12, 2016.

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• On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.

  Kim Campbell

  Government, Reform, Structure

  Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.

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• Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

  Christine Lagarde

  Country, Korea, Space

  "Christine Lagarde on slow growth, inequality and fighting cynicism". Interview with Kevin Carmichael, www.macleans.ca. September 12, 2016.

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• In Canada, we have a very good structure of supporting film through a number of government-sponsored initiatives, such as the tax credit and other grants. The northern part of Ontario has started its own funding. They were really happy to sponsor us, so they've been very supportive and put up half the budget for this film. They'd like us to come back and do more films.

  Alfons Adetuyi

  Government, Numbers, Supportive

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Research and technology parks are an important part of the innovation infrastructure in Canada. Our Government's investment will increase the foreign profile of western Canadian companies, create new jobs, and stimulate economic growth.

  Michelle Rempel

  Jobs, Technology, Government

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• To keep up with the demands of the growing manufacturing sector, our Government is pleased to invest in the establishment of the Saskatchewan Manufacturing Centre of Excellence. Training skilled workers and increasing productivity and innovation are essential to the continued growth and prosperity of Saskatchewan, and Western Canada.

  Michelle Rempel

  Government, Innovation, Growth

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• Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada?

  Sarah Vowell

  America, What If, Earth

  Sarah Vowell (2008). “The Wordy Shipmates”, p.52, Penguin

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• My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

  Preston Manning

  Gdp, Political, Tradition

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• People all over the world now are following our election. And according to a new international poll that just came out, I think this came out a few hours ago, this is true, people in Canada want Barack Obama to be the next U.S. president. That's what they're saying. In Canada, yeah. That makes sense, because Obama has the support of Canada's anti-war voters, as well as Canada's black guy. He is very excited.

  Conan O'Brien

  War, Thinking, People

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• There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the states. Or also have states financing. Everything's pretty small.

  Ellen Page

  States, Bigs, Budgets

  Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. April 14, 2006.

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• We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.

  J. Philippe Rushton

  School, South, South Africa

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• 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

  Mother, Glowing, Important

  "Journalist Robert MacNeil: 'Looking For My Country'". Interview With Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. May 16, 2003.

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• In academic life, false ideas are merely false and useless ones can be fun to play with. In political life, false ideas can ruin the lives of millions and useless ones can waste precious resources. An intellectual's responsibility for his ideas is to follow their consequences wherever they may lead. A politician's responsibility is to master those consequences and prevent them from doing harm. Michael Ignatieff, a former professor at Harvard and contributing writer for the magazine, is a member of Canada's Parliament and deputy leader of the Liberal Party.

  Michael Ignatieff

  Fun, War, Party

  "Getting Iraq Wrong". www.nytimes.com. August 5, 2007.

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• We are not imperialists. We don't even try to take over Canada. It would be easy, although it might take a rear guard action to guard Anne Murray.

  Evan Sayet

  Trying, Would Be, Might

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• I don't think I would be getting any of these movies without that show, and that's a strong show, a great fan base and it's helped me out a lot. It took me out of Canada and brought me down to the states and gave me my career basically.

  Scott Speedman

  Movie, Strong, Thinking

  "Scott Speedman for 'xXx: State of the Union'". Interview with By Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 26, 2005.

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• Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the sun; two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer's. For the sea is his; he owns it.

  Herman Melville

  Texas, Sea, Two

  Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.70, Velvet Element Books

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• Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.

  Brian Mulroney

  Contribution, Save Nature

  "Life of Brian" by Anne McIlroy, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2005.

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• Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.

  Jamie Farr

  Bills, Wonderful, Lord

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• I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them.

  Marcel Dionne

  Country, Player, League

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• Canada and space are a natural fit.

  Marc Garneau

  Europe, Space, Fit

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• We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. "Why do this," you may ask? Because it'll be fun.

  Rick Mercer

  Change, Fun, Government

  "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". TV Series, (1992 - ).

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• I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.

  Rachel McAdams

  Arrows, Interesting, Festivals

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