"Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them."

-- Charles E. Wilson

#People Quotes #Canada Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.”
“I once read somewhere that Sean Connery left school at the age of 13 and later went on to read Proust and Finnegans Wake and I keep expecting to meet an enthusiastic school leaver on the train, the type of person who only ever reads something because it is marvellous (and so hated school). Unfortunately the enthusiastic school leavers are all minding their own business.”

Source : Helen DeWitt (2016). “The Last Samurai”, p.61, New Directions Publishing
“There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.”
“I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I went to New York to be where the beautiful people were and it didn't disappoint me. It's so open. It's a great platform to do your own thing or start new things. When I got there, I started living for the first time.”
“Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.”
“Within the constitution there is the word "referendum." You can change the constitution by referendum. But we have not yet called for a referendum. As of today, we have not yet organized any meeting or discussions on how to change the constitution.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language,”

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