Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.
It has been our experience that American houses insist on very comprehensive editing; that English houses as a rule require little or none and are inclined to go along with the author's script almost without query. The Canadian practice is just what you would expect--a...
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Jack McClelland
I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.
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Jon Stewart
Can I see some ID?" "WE DON'T HAVE ID, " said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. 'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN." Doug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.
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Adam Rex
What part of Canada are you from, honey?"" T H E LEFT PART, " said Jay.
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Adam Rex
I have spent weeks in the desert, forgetting to look at the moon, he says, as a married man may spend days never looking into the face of his wife. These are not sins of omission but signs of pre-occuopation.
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Michael Ondaatje
More Quotes By Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.
Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet.
In the Conservative view you have 10 premiers and the Prime Minister as a kind of head waiter to take their orders.
There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.
