John Ralston Saul Quotes

In the early 1980s, the government of New Zealand fell into the hands of true believers, globalist believers, and they embraced the theory of inevitability perhaps more completely than anybody else. And it solved in the very short term some of their debt problems, but in the medium- and long-term, it left them in real economic trouble.

John Ralston Saul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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When I was a comic in the 1980s, I was on the road somewhere every day, and I'd get back to the hotel, and it was Carson and Letterman, and I looked forward to that all day.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

Anna Held

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People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

Rufus Sewell

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My mother was loved by so many people, famous and not so famous.

Miguel Ferrer

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For me, Caitlyn Jenner is such a huge role model. She's really making a difference in our society by just being brave and sharing her story. People say she's not brave and courageous, but to me, she is so brave and courageous.

Jazz Jennings

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The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

Jean Cocteau

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When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.

Craig Bruce

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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.

Clara Barton

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We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Bobby Clarke

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Le Pen is old; I'm young.

Pim Fortuyn

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When I was agriculture minister, we drafted specific policies to tackle the agrarian crisis.

Sharad Pawar

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There's a difference between being a fundamentalist and being al-Qaeda and being Muslim. It's absurd to think otherwise.

Tyler Winklevoss

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