I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you went to Detroit.
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 J. K. Galbraith
Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted.
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.
I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you went to Detroit.
People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
