John Ralston Saul Quotes

Languages and cultures are disappearing at an enormously fast rate, and many of them are in Canada. These are extreme examples of removal of freedom of expression - to actually lose a language and the ability to express that culture.

John Ralston Saul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FreedomCultureLanguageLoseCanada

It's not good for me to see things while they're being edited. I can be highly critical, so I try to stay away.

Jenny Slate

GoodMeI CanTrySeeThings

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

Mem Fox

TimeBestFunPeopleWorldLonely

Our landscapes connect us to our history; they are the source of our character as a peopl, as well as our health, our safety, and our prosperity. Natural resources enrich us economically, yes. But they also enrich us aesthetically and recreationally and culturally and spiritually.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

CharacterHealthHistorySafetyYes

Trendy gadgets and edgy pitches inevitably get replaced due to the fickle nature of the buying public, but a business designed from the start to play big has the ability to weather trends and redirect itself to venues and products that its customers want and need.

Michael Gerber

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Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

Ron Paul

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It's very weird about movies: you never know which ones are going to stay alive and which one are going to be meaningless. When you're there, you couldn't possibly predict it. Some things slowly die, and others slowly stay a while.

Mike Nichols

WeirdDieYouAliveKnowMovies

Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.

Michel Hazanavicius

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There's no reason to do 'ex and the City' if it's not going to be everything 'Sex and the City' is, which is vibrant emotions, comedy, drama... and also, style.

Michael Patrick King

StyleCityComedySexEmotions

My first large-scale community development opportunity was the formation of the Mission Viejo Co. - a partnership with the O'Neill Family, who owned Rancho Mission Viejo. As the young president of the company, I had the responsibility for master planning, master building and implementing the new community's development plans.

Donald Bren

FamilyOpportunityCommunityBuilding

I've always found diversity more interesting than specialisation. I like mixing it up across years, within days, within weeks - that's what stimulates me, gives me energy.

Chris Liddell

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Oh my gosh, I would love to guest star on 'Entourage.'

Autumn Reeser

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We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

William Glasser

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