"After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks."

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Source : Farley Mowat (1985). “My Discovery of America”, McClelland & Stewart

Farley Mowat

#Country Quotes #Canada Quotes #Hell Quotes

“A man becomes a Buddha the moment he accepts all that life brings with gratitude.”
“The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in power and self-consciousness.”
“Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.”
“For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.”
“There is never a question of what to paint but only how to paint.”

Source : Robert Ryman, Christel Sauer (1980). “Robert Ryman, 15. Juni-10. August 1980, InK. Halle Für Internationale Neue Kunst, Zürich”
“It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.”
“Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because of all the religious warnings Washington made in his 'Farewell Address.'”

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