"In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about ourselves and each other."

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Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.

Vincent Massey

#Country Quotes #Rich Quotes #Conquer Quotes

“If sub specie aeternitatis there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can approach our absurd lives with irony instead of heroism or despair.”
“A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience!”
“There's really not much conscious thought involved when I record. I just kind of record what feels good. I'm not trying to make it sound like anything.”
“I think even nation states should be and will be obsolete. I think nationalism will be seen in the future as a form of tribalism and I think what we call "Democracy" will be "Netocracy", where people, globally, can work on issues.”
“There are viable (and usually better) alternatives to the use of animals for food, sport, clothing, & experimentation. I beg you to discontinue any actions that might cause or condone animal torture, abuse, or destruction.”
“We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy-well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world.”
“The truth can both lift up and knock down.”

Source : Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“What is it that you most fear hearing about your work?”

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