John Ralston Saul Quotes

For about 125 years, give or take, the Canadian government has acted extremely badly - even in a way which should be called evil - breaking treaties, breaking agreements.

John Ralston Saul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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GovernmentEvilWayYearsTakeGive

I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, my 12-year-old son is my hero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can't imagine anything that would be more exciting.

Jim Lampley

LifePositiveSonHeroDayYou

What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize that we're not robots.

Jessa Gamble

WorkPeopleDoingRobotsBeginWho

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

Amy Lee

MePersonSometimesMorePassionate

We have a terrific team, and our managers are terrific managers, but we have made it too complicated for them and too complicated in a way that they just can't do an excellent job in many cases when it comes to the customer experience.

Steve Ells

ExperienceJobTeamCustomerWay

I do hikes; I do swimming.

Stella Maxwell

SwimmingHikes

Love is the substance of human survival.

Josh Tillman

LoveLove IsSurvivalHuman

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.

Johnny Vegas

GodYourselfWritingBookYouGo

You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform.

Dolores O'Riordan

GoodMusicGreatYouLookWrite

Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable 'banana peel' of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene - if we will even so much as smile.

Douglas Fairbanks

LifeSmileEyesGreatHappyStand

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye.

Douglas Sirk

BestEyeCameraNeverHumanSee

The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

Christopher Nolan

PowerMeaningYouFirstSomething

I hope I can live up to the faith that has been put in me to do a good job.

Clementa C. Pinckney

GoodLiveFaithHopeJobMe

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