"Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door."

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Source : Goldwin Smith (1892). “Canada and the Canadian Question ...”

#Doors Quotes #Might Quotes #Canada Quotes

“God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.”

Source : Ralph Hodgson, “Reason Has Moons”
“But at the end of the day, I refuse to believe there arent more qualified African-Americans, women, people of color in general for a role from the janitor all the way up to the owner of the club. I refuse to believe there arent more out there that can positively affect any of our games or any of our industries.”
“I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.”
“In my mind, it is certainly much nicer to end on a high note rather than on a Stout Pig.”
“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hilary Mantel from Nov 03, 2012
“When some remote ancestor of ours invented the shovel, he became a giver: He could plant a tree. And when the axe was invented, he became a taker: He could chop it down. Whoever owns land has thus assumed, whether he knows it or not, the divine functions of creating and destroying plants.”
“The original is unfaithful to the translation.”
“You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town”

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