"We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations."

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Source : Joseph Howe (1858). “Speeches and Public Letters”, p.39

Joseph Howe

#Smile Quotes #Illustration Quotes #May Quotes

“I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, "I'm going to put a person here, a tree here and a bird there." The beginning stage is always the sound. From that, slowly, stories come about based on what I'm reading or thinking at the time, but if I didn't have that sound I don't know what I would do.”

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“But suppose we take the noun 'truth': here is a case where the disagreements between different theorists have largely turned on whether they interpreted this as a name of a substance, of a quality, or of a relation.”
“Singing shows are fun. Every viewer has their own opinion. We all know whether we think a voice sounds good or not. There's a play-along element. All these shows can be supported.”
“When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.”
“The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have no other sanction than the obligations of good faith; and which oppose general considerations of peace and justice to the impulse of any immediate interest and passion.”
“The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.”
“Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.”
“Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.”

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