"Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had remained French, but you can't rewrite history."

-- Jean Chretien

#Past Quotes #America Quotes #Canada Quotes

“Coming out with records when you're in a big, successful group that plays stadiums, that's scary to come out by yourself.”
“Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of material wealth, the earth is its mother.”
“My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream.”
“I think a man's dream woman changes as he goes through different stages in his life. I'm fortunate to be dating my dream woman now.”
“Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in golden letters on the temple of the gods. To know himself, LinnÃ¦us declared to be the essential indisputable distinction of man above all other creatures. I know, indeed, in study nothing more worthy of free and thoughtful man than the study of himself. For if we look for the purpose of our existence, we cannot possibly find it outside ourselves. We are here for our own sake.”
“Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.”
“But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.”

Source : Robert E. Howard (2016). “A Witch Shall Be Born: American modern Literature”, p.40, VM eBooks
“As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from specific information provided in classroom lectures or assigned textbooks, but from the values obtained in active engagement in meaningful issues. We achieve for ourselves only as we appreciate the problems and concerns of others-and only as we see our own lives as part of a much greater social purpose.”

Source : Manning Marable (1997). “Black liberation in conservative America”, South End Pr

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