Best Canadian Thoughts
281 Canadian quotes by 216 unique authors
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We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.
— Lawren Harris
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My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces.…
— Robert Bateman
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When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up near…
— Viggo Mortensen
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For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.
— Peter Munk
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There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all Canadian" boy or…
— Pierre Trudeau
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I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.
— Ryan Gosling
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As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a…
— Ryan Gosling
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I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian.
— David Cronenberg
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I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line…
— Sidney Crosby
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It is well known that I am pro-life... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people.
— Stockwell Day
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It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.
— Stockwell Day
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The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a…
— Stockwell Day
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I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's…
— Celine Dion
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I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his…
— Drake
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Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye,…
— Roger Ebert
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Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.
— Linda Evangelista
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't…
— Nathan Fillion
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Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian.
— Dave Foley
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As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
— Stephen Harper
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There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.
— Stephen Harper
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American…
— Sam Harris
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I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.
— Carly Rae Jepsen
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Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
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I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no…
— Charles Krauthammer
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My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom, Portuguese and French…
— Emeril Lagasse
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