"I have nothing but my heart and I have given it long ago to my country."

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Source : "Fifty Mighty Men". Book by Grant MacEwan, p. 45, 1977.

Louis Riel

#Country Quotes #Heart Quotes #Long Quotes

“Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.”
“IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.”

Source : Joseph Lancaster (1803). “Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community”, p.43
“Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness.”
“We are using our own skins for wallpaper and we cannot win.”

Source : John Berryman (2014). “77 Dream Songs: Poems”, p.60, Macmillan
“I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.”
“You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.”
“I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective. But the older I get, the more I realize that you don't have to be around people you don't want to be around, and you don't have to be in a situation you don't want to be in.”
“The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal oneâ€™s ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to â€˜the Truthâ€™ but to enable oneâ€™s life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after oneâ€™s death. (154)”

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