Canada Quotes - Page 6

• The single greatest moment of my life happened in Toronto, Canada!

  Randy Orton

  Wwe, Toronto, Moments

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• Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada.

  Nelly

  Hip Hop, Exotic, Hips

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• To define [Canada] or its literature seems like putting a finger on Zeno's arrow: no sooner do you think you have done it than it has moved on.

  M. G. Vassanji

  Thinking, Arrows, Moved On

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• Canada's Far North is where I knew I had to go.

  Bern Will Brown

  Destiny

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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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• I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

  Larry Holmes

  Nice, Office, Fans

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• I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.

  Hannah Simone

  Country, War, Moving

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 22, 2012.

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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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• Plant flowers in others' gardens and your life becomes a bouquet! Submitted by Lisa Letto, Coordinator, Nutrition Resource and Volunteer Centre, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy, I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Flower, College, Garden

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• I hope the Canada Pops can play in E and A. I do 'Forty Days' and 'Bo Diddley'. I don't change songs, just bands.

  Ronnie Hawkins

  Change, Song, Play

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

  Preston Manning

  Gdp, Political, Tradition

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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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• Canada can be tough for urban music.

  Melanie Fiona

  Urban Music, Urban, Tough

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• Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

  Mordecai

  Paranoia, Credentials, Wells

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• Its been nearly 1.5 years since the last PLUS 8 record, but it seemed fitting that this record in particular, made by a skinny white kid from Canada, became part of the labels collection and history.

  Richie Hawtin

  Kids, Years, White

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• I hear Canada is still free though. They ain't got slaver camps and ships.

  Tara Brown

  Ships, Camps, Stills

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• Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to compete and win a gold medal on our home soil made it a once in a lifetime experience. Capping off the best ever performance by not only the Canadian athletes, but also Vancouver and all Canadians, made for an amazing Olympic experience.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Responsibility, Home, Athlete

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• Gorgeous day here in Chicago. Sure is better than Canada.

  CM Punk

  Wwe, Chicago, Gorgeous

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• The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away.

  Rick Mercer

  Party, Love You, People

  "Rick Mercer, Hot On The Canadian Campaign Trail". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. April 23, 2011.

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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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• Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other.

  Vincent Massey

  Differences, Together, Melting

  "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.

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• It's not so hard to become the best painter in Canada... The rest just quits!

  Paterson Ewen

  Perseverance, Quitting, Painter

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• It made me feel good to know that we had such a great country like Canada where even a poor Indian from the Red Pheasant reserve could make it to the top.

  Allen Sapp

  Country, Feel Good, Patriotism

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• My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

  Norm MacDonald

  Funny, Dad, Kids

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