"It seems that Canada's historic mission is to come to the selfless aid both of its friends and of complete strangers, and then, once the crisis is over, to be well and truly ignored. Canada is the perpetual wallflower that stands on the edge of the hall, waiting for someone to come and ask her for a dance."

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Source : "The Country the World Forgot - Again". www.telegraph.co.uk. April 21, 2002.

Kevin Myers

#Humorous Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Selfless Quotes

“As an actor, you never try to be someone else. You can't.”
“I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the edge of a folding chair with a full bladder. I can't stand hearing a poem that I can't see. I did a reading at Wayne State, and it ended with the comedy such occasions deserve. I'd seated myself on a piano bench, and discovered upon attempting to arise at the end that the varnish had softened and I was stuck fast. The hinge was to the front, under my knees, so that as I tried to get up, I merely opened the lid.”
“The facts of a person's life will, like murder, come out.”
“Simmer down, let me hear the sound of them feet.”
“I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although I've never driven one.”
“Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.”
“Accept your life and what it brings, I know tomorrow you find better things.”
“That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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