"Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory."

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Source : "Towards a Canada of Light". Book by B. W. Powe, 2006.

B. W. Powe

#Practice Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Canada Quotes

“When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it's someone you already know. You think it's someone you're yet to meet.”
“That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.”
“Men have two basic needs. Neither of them, no matter what they say, is sex. They need love and they need work. And work takes priority over love. If a woman could know only one fact about men and work, it should be that work is the most seductive mistress most men ever have.”
“The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.”

Source : Jack McDevitt (1995). “The Engines of God”, p.317, Penguin
“As much as it's awful to learn about all the greedy and selfish decisions that some people make, I know there are many more people who have good intentions.”

Source : "Jayni Chase: Founder, Center for Environmental Education Interview: Chip Comins". Interview with Chip Comins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.”
“I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.”
“I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are.”

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