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Camac
Posted: 22-Mar-2010, 01:53 PM
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As there is a topic "Quotes of the Founding Fathers (US)" I though I would start a topic of Famous Canadian Quotes. Some are funny, some are nasty, and some are poignant in that they define what Canada and her people are. The first one is:

" We will explaind the appeal of Curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us: Andy Barrie


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Posted: 24-Mar-2010, 08:50 AM
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"Canada is like your attic, you forget that it's up there, but when you do go, it's like Oh man, look at all this great stuff" Anonymous



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Posted: 24-Mar-2010, 01:38 PM
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Posted: 25-Mar-2010, 08:21 AM
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"Our forms of Government- though both cast in the Democratic pattern-are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many of our misunderstandings spring from an imperfect knowledge on the part of both of us of the dissimilarities in our forms of government" 1958 address to Parliament by Dwight D. Eisenhower



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Hey Camac, great idea, but do you know any quotes on Canada that DON'T have to do with the United States opinion of us? They have their own thread. wink.gif


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Posted: 25-Mar-2010, 11:26 AM
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Yeah I have a bunch of quotes about Canada by people like JFK, Al Capone. Maggie Atwood,Gordie Howe, Trudeau,. A whole slou of them some funny some nasty, and some so true.

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Posted: 25-Mar-2010, 08:03 PM
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Posted: 26-Mar-2010, 06:31 AM
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'" All NHL players are Bi-Lingual. They speak English and Profanity". Gordie Howe (Mr Elbows)



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Posted: 26-Mar-2010, 06:57 AM
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I'll chime in.

"To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization." - Adrienne Clarkson
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"Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian Civilization" Adrienne Clarkson.



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QUOTE (Camac @ 25-Mar-2010, 12:26 PM)
oldraven;

Yeah I have a bunch of quotes about Canada by people like JFK, Al Capone. Maggie Atwood,Gordie Howe, Trudeau,. A whole slou of them some funny some nasty, and some so true.

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I have a confession; I have never read Atwood. Not my cup of Tea.


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Great idea Camac!


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Posted: 27-Mar-2010, 06:46 AM
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"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's Athelete of the year is an Ice Fisherman". Dale Talion

"Hudson's Bay is certainly country that Sinbad the Sailor never saw, as he makes no mention of mosquitoes". David Thompson




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Posted: 27-Mar-2010, 08:43 AM
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