Cindy Blackstock famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Words don't change children's lives. Real action by the government and equality would.
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I really believe in the goodness of Canadians. The idea that everyone should be given an equal opportunity to succeed in this country and particularly for children.
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Gorsuch, who is a U.S. Supreme Court nominee in the United States, said the real test of law is when a government can lose in its own courts and still respect the order. And I think Canadian need to ask is why would Canada, if it's doing everything right, why wouldn't you want to be watched? If they are contesting the fact that their own courts don't have jurisdiction over the government's human rights violations, then our next step is to go to federal court and find the federal government that can come to court and we will do that.
-- Cindy Blackstock
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The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.
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The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.
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A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
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Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.
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A well begun is half ended.
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Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
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Fatherhood is a relationship of love and understanding It is power and action. It is counsel and instruction.
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Order, thou eye of action.
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How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.
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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
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