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# John MacLachlan Gray

(1946)   Novelist

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John MacLachlan Gray is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About John MacLachlan Gray

Born September 26, 1946

Profession Novelist

## About John MacLachlan Gray

Canadian writer, composer and performer (Born 1946)... \| John MacLachlan Gray, OC is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's The Journal, as well as an author, speaker and social critic on cultural-political issues.

##  Quotes by John MacLachlan Gray

> [Compare the emotional vocabulary available to a leader (confidence, satisfaction, indignation) with the emotions not permitted (regret, embarrassment, dread, angst, mortification, anger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maclachlan-gray/compare-the-emotional-vocabulary-available-to-a-leader-confidence/)

[John MacLachlan Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maclachlan-gray/)

[Angst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angst/)

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> [One of the criteria by which we measure the worth of public figures is whether or not their brand of bull is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maclachlan-gray/one-of-the-criteria-by-which-we-measure-the-worth-of-public-figures/)

[John MacLachlan Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maclachlan-gray/)

[Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brands/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/john-maclachlan-gray-79182_brands_one-of-the-criteria-by-which-we-measure_2006852.png)

> [“Nothing is more incendiary to an ill-advised, unanticipated tryst than to be enclosed in a darkened, plush-upholstered, moving chamber. Privacy, Intimacy, Darkness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maclachlan-gray/nothing-is-more-incendiary-to-an-ill-advised-unanticipated-tryst-than/)

[John MacLachlan Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maclachlan-gray/)

[Cybersecurity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cybersecurity/)

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