"I'll acknowledge that I'm from Canada but I don't think I'll acknowledge that I'm Canadian."

-- Nicholas Thorburn

#Thinking Quotes #Canada Quotes #Acknowledge Quotes

“If language is to be of any use to us, then we ought to try and preserve the meaning of words, and 'god' historically has not meant the laws of nature.”
“The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.”
“God guarantees that His Word will not return void. He doesn't guarantee that the return will be immediate. Keep sowing!”

Source : FaceBook post by Steven Furtick from Aug 31, 2011
“Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and false representation, that it is extremely difficult to know through what channel to seek it. This difficulty to one, who is of no party, and whose sole wish is to pursue with undeviating steps a path which would lead this country to respectability, wealth, and happiness, is exceedingly to be lamented. But such, for wise purposes, it is presumed, is the turbulence of human passions in party disputes, when victory more than truth is the palm contended for.”
“A night of endless dreams, inconsequent and wild, is this my life; none more worth telling than the rest.”

Source : Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “The Tale of Genji”, p.361, Tuttle Publishing
“Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world.”

Source : "The 'Manhunt' To Capture Osama Bin Laden". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. May 1, 2012.
“Have you ever seen a child sitting on its motherâ€™s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told of cruel giants and of the terrible suffering of beautiful princesses, it holds its head up and its eyes open; but if the mother begins to speak of happiness and sunshine, the little one closes its eyes and falls asleep with its head against her breast. . . . I am a child like that, too. Others may like stories of flowers and sunshine; but I choose the dark nights and sad destinies.”
“The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.”

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