John Ralston Saul Quotes

In the European tradition, rivers are seen as divisions between peoples. But in the Aboriginal tradition, rivers are seen as the glue, the highway, the linkage between people, not the separation. And that's the history of Canada: our rivers and lakes were our highways.

John Ralston Saul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 19, 1947

Topics

HistoryPeopleTraditionCanadaGlue

The FA Cup as a tournament was very good to me. I'd like to think I can still have some association with that because it was the Ronnie Radford goal for Hereford against Newcastle which really put me on the map in 1972.

John Motson

GoodMeThinkGoalI CanMap

Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.

Anika Noni Rose

LoveCrazyWeirdCircumstancesTake

There is always the potential for a central bank to engage in discretionary monetary policy and to break the one-to-one link between changes in foreign reserves and changes in the money supply.

Steve Hanke

MoneyPotentialChangesBankEngage

I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

MeYouthGrowing UpPressureYouUp

The mind is the greatest weapon in the world.

Roy Conli

MindWorldGreatestWeapon

At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.

Michel Patini

HomeHistoryToughRememberYouWhy

We have a double agenda of trying to deliver something exciting that people will talk about and will brighten their day and will amaze people and make us proud to have created an object of beauty. And on the other hand being true to the story.

Louis Theroux

BeautyDayPeopleProudStoryTrue

The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.

Clive Owen

TimeTravelWarPeopleForgetChina

NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings.

Allen Weinstein

SecurityProtectMustOurPublic

I guess for every government - for many governments, they only have short vision, they only have three-year term or a four-year term. So they have to make sure they get enough support from the voter. So they probably have to deal with more short-term issues which are related to being re-elected.

Shi Zhengrong

VisionGovernmentSupportShortMore

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.

Sharon Stone

WeirdFameFirstScaryAwayGoing

If ever you want to get rid of somebody you don't want to talk to, just mention God. They're out of there.

Tyson Fury

GodYouWantTalkOutGet

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