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Irving Layton Quotes

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: canadian
Birth: March 12, 1912 - January 4, 2006

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Leader Political Canada Worthy Last

The hardest people to play in front of are my brothers and friends from childhood, because I can never take them seriously. I know when they're sitting in the stands; it's constant jokes. They're just waiting on me to shoot an air ball or dribble the ball off my foot so they can laugh.

Childhood Waiting People Me Laugh

I've been doing the 'Sherman's Lagoon' strip for about 18 years, and I was a political cartoonist before that for my hometown paper in Alexandria, Va.

Political Doing Hometown Years Paper

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Truth Science Light Generation Die

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Life Faith You Lose Brick Sometimes

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.

Life Family Home Age Great Support

For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it.

Work Me Performance You Actor Fix

I remembered a mantra that one of my teachers used to tell me at drama school, that every thought will pass across your face. Even if you're thinking about Shreddies the camera will read it.

School Me Face Thinking Thought You

My desire is to walk with God every day.

God Walk Day Every Day Desire Every

I thought Clint Eastwood was cool in all the western movies, but I'm not gonna drive somewhere he's at and stand in line to see him. I told Missy, my wife, 'The only person I'd stand in line for is God Almighty. You made the universe? All right, I'll get in line!'

God Wife Cool Drive Thought Stand

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

Better Stealing Borrowing Interest

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Job People Want President Capable

I want to inspire kids, and yeah, if that helps with expansion teams - in the MLS or anything like that - but my main goal is just to inspire. Try and inspire our youth.

Christian Pulisic

Youth Inspire Goal Want Try Kids

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