"We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country."

-- Peter MacKay

#Country Quotes #Stress Quotes #Support Quotes

“Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...”
“The clean clear colours were in my head. But one day as I looked at the brown burned wood of the Shanty, I thought 'I can paint one of those dismal-coloured paintings like the men. I think just for fun I will try - all low-toned and dreary with the tree besides the door.' In my next show, 'The Shanty' went up. The men seemed to approve of it. They seemed to think that maybe I was beginning to paint. That was my only low-toned dismal-coloured painting.”
“We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust him when he seems to be influencing us by his manner.”

Source : John Constable, I. A. Richards (2013). “Princ Literary Criticism”, p.300, Routledge
“Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.”
“Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.”
“I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as I get on stage, I start performing for people and it becomes about sex, banter, and skill. They're looking at me and not thinking about themselves. I'm thinking about how cool I look. It's just stupid - all live music is really stupid. I wouldn't encourage going to see anybody live, ever. Not even me.”
“I can make anything disappear, if I really want to.”

Source : "Phantom". Book by Susan Kay, 1990.
“Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.”

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