"I went into the foreign service because I was interested in politics. But, in 1991, when I joined, I didn't see much of an opportunity to be involved in federal politics as a Conservative. We were at the tail end of the Brian Mulroney era. I wanted to do something non-partisan as a way of preparing for a role in our politics later."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Chris Alexander

#Opportunity Quotes #Roles Quotes #Tails Quotes

“A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.”
“There is something mysteriously powerful that can happen when young, inchoate minds come into contact with older and more worldly ones in a spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour - if I believed in progress, I suppose that's what I'd call it.”
“... not only dowomen sufferindignities in daily life, but the literature of the world proclaims their inferiority and divinely decreed subjection in all history, sacred and profane, in science, philosophy, poetry, and song.”
“Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.”

Source : Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley (1900). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”
“Itâ€™s like, you know, it doesnâ€™t matter what you do, even if you try to replicate an experience down to every last detail, itâ€™ll never be the way it was when it happened naturally the first time.”
“When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.”
“And we can't discharge that moral responsibility by passing out contraceptives. Contraceptives have been circulating all over Uganda, and it is not clear how many people are using the things. The best contraceptive in this case is abstinence.”

Source : "Silence is Death". Interview with Eva Thorne, bostonreview.net. April/May 1999.
“... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!”

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