Gabrielle Roy Quotes

My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.

Gabrielle Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: March 22, 1909 - July 13, 1983

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I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

Jilly Cooper

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Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

John Updike

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My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.

Rose McIver

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One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11.

Mike Johanns

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The hardest one, the thing that made the greatest demand on me, was The Mamas & the Papas.

Michelle Phillips

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I love Shogun world. It's so beautiful. The performances are beautiful. It's like classic Japanese cinema, with a little 'Westworld' twist.

Luke Hemsworth

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I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

Dick Cavett

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It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

Dorothy Thompson

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I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to.

Clifton Collins, Jr.

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McCarthy's prose in 'Blood Meridian' comes blazing from the Book of Revelation.

Clive Sinclair

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To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

Booker T. Washington

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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

Brandon Boyd

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