"Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than a resource-rich vacuum lying in the buffer zone just north of a great empire."

-- John Ralston Saul

#Lying Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“If some of these answers seem radical or far-fetched today, then I say wait until tomorrow. Soon it will be abundantly clear that it is business as usual that is utopian, whereas creating something very new and different is a practical necessity.”
“Relationships, if you want them to work, take work. The biggest thing that I learned growing up, and even now, is if it's right, it's worth it. It's just a matter of finding that person you want to be with.”
“The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the approval of a publisher and an audience, but what is valued in fiction writing - style, individual voice, insight - is scorned by the editor who is combing through your newspaper article.”

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“You can't make a good deal with a bad person.”
“I was hoping for 13 episodes that my friends would like. Itâ€™s a good lesson, isnâ€™t it? If you do something trying to make your friends laugh and that you can be proud of, you can also be successful.”
“One plus one equals both.”
“Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced... Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist”
“Whoever tells the best story wins.”

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