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“So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.”
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“Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.”
Source : John Townsend Trowbridge (1881). “A Home Idyl: And Other Poems”
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“I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.”
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“In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.”
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“When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.”
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“One of the funniest lines in my show was written for me by Alan Bursky. I really want to learn this routine!”
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“there is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. A book may fail, but who is there to know it? It dies and is buried, and is decently interred on the bookseller's shelf; but the play dies to laughter, to scorn and disdain.”
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“An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.”
Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways
