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Miriam Toews Quotes

Canada has, at times, represented itself as a country in a valiant struggle against powerful and menacing agents that are indifferent to its special practices and sensibilities - most especially American culture. It's the old, outdated garrison mentality.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: canadian
Birth: 1964

Topics

Culture Struggle American Powerful

You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be right.

Start Feel You Right Things Sense

I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.

Time Write Need Hungry Very

As a child, I certainly wanted to have hair that I could grow long and flip around. I no longer want that. My own hair that I have day to day is a fuzzy afro. And that's who I am.

Day I Am Child Hair Grow Long

It's the one with that panel of ultra-chichi folks. The one called 'What's My Line?' It sends me straight up the wall. I call it 'The Snob Family.'

Family Me Wall Line Up Snob

I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action film on your laptop, or Netflix it, or download it, or watch it on-demand. But I think we also have to maintain the sacredness of the movie theatre as church - especially with event screenings.

Time Theatre Action Think Church Up

I think I was five when I had my real first go-kart.

Michael Schumacher

Think First Real Five I Think Had

As I've said repeatedly over the last few years, the war on coal was not a result of anything Congress passed; there was no legislation.

Mitch McConnell

War Result Congress Said Anything

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.

Man Rest Worth Mankind Homage Who

You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.

Government You Country Creating Jobs

Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough.

Hope Government Enough Bad Poor Get

I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the classroom. The next Saturday I was acting, and thereafter it became a ritual of my youth to see a show at the Belvoir on Sundays and, if I was lucky, another at the Opera House on Monday after school.

Teacher School Monday Parents Youth

I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I don't know if anyone would even care, at all.

Christian Serratos

Care Weird Know Kind Backwards Just

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