"No cowboys for Canada. Canada got Mounties instead - Dudley Do-Right, not John Wayne. It's a mind-set of "Here I come to save the day" versus "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker."

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Source : Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

#Cowboy Quotes #Mind Quotes #Canada Quotes

“I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.”
“A book is a friend. You can never have too many.”

Source : Gary Paulsen (2003). “Shelf Life: Stories by the Book”, p.167, Simon and Schuster
“All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.”
“Charlie Sheen has the potential to cause your soul to weep and forfeit”
“I would always prefer radio or working behind the scenes where I don't have to be seen. I don't like how appearance oriented TV is (especially now that I'm middle aged!). But I am developing a show revolving around animal rescue which will hopefully entertain and maybe do a bit of good for the cause as well.”

Source : "'Brady Bunch' Feud: Susan 'Cindy' Olsen Says Lesbian Rumors False" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2009.
“Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends on individual analysis or critical thinking. Althought the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make works that "looks like art" and behave in ways that enhance stereotypes. (...) Originality is not always rewarded, but some people take real risks and innovate, which gives a raison d'Ãªtre to the rest”
“I know that, physically, I'm a very demure-looking person. But I certainly have as much aggression or anger as the next person, and that's got to come out somehow. I'm lucky that I get to play music, and that it's not going to come out in some totally destructive way.”
“I'm the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn't wear it. I'm a Green Bay Packer.”

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