#ada

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

#canada #canadian #distinct #fully #great

Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#blacks #britain #canada #caribbean #iq

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#adapts #because #easy #hamlet #hard

A stab had clearly once been made at de-uglifying these public spaces by painting a corridor a jaunty yellow. This was because, it turned out, babies come here to have their brains tested and someone thought the yellow might calm them. But I couldn’t see how. Such was the oppressive ugliness of this building it would have been like sticking a red nose on a cadaver and calling it Ronald McDonald. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#buildings #cadaver #humor #oppression #oppressive

I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#bit #different #edgy #i #idea

In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point. ↗

— John Sexton

#ansel #asking #california #call #coming

Sometimes you loose a battle. but mischief always wins the war. ↗

— John Green

#funny #john-green #looking-for-alaska #romance #funny

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#large number #means #merely #nowadays #number

I am here merely as a messenger. Tashi sends her love and returns your horse. ↗

— Julia Golding

#love

At that time a lot of young men didn't want to go to the war and kill. This guy that I fell in love with was one of those so he escaped to Canada and I followed him. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#escaped #fell #followed #go #guy