Quotes by canadian authors

People think modeling's mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn't have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting. Linda Evangelista

Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns. Lorne Michaels

Sometimes Slowly Wheel Turns

The best live among us in disguise. Louis Dudek

Best Disguise Live Us Among

That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs. Lucy Maud Montgomery

Good World About More Good Thing Sure Always Springs Thing

I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on. Magda Apanowicz

Before Move On Think Teen Say Characters About Angst Through Had Always Lot Up Move Growing Growing Up Thing Enjoyed

There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice. Malcolm Gladwell

Justice World Illusion Important Everything Says Ourselves Some Idea Fairness Very Just Happen Psychology Which Us Convince Creates Theory Reason Elemental Things Things Happen

I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost. Malcolm Gladwell

Win Remember Thought Big Lost Pain Kid Those Favorite Would Athlete Never Had He Cheering Track Greater Felt Were Than Going Realized Much Games Moment Who Watching Olympic Olympic Games

Shallow communities are relatively easy to build. Malcolm Gladwell

Build Relatively Easy Shallow Communities

It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do. Malcolm Gladwell

Find Someone Very Dislikes Successful Hard

You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge. Margaret Atwood

Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. Margaret Atwood

Technology Dark Dark Side Every Side Bow Arrow Human Aspect Including

This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Margaret Atwood

Victim Above Refuse

Gardening is not a rational act. Margaret Atwood

Gardening Rational Act

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood

Girl Cute Only Small Adult Another Little Little Girls

Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they shuffle around. They're a group phenomenon, they're not very fast, they're quite sickly. So what's the pleasure of being one? Margaret Atwood

Within one's own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme kind of monster would put a price on everything. Margaret Atwood

Family Money Own Monster Unless Everything Extreme Kind Would Only Absolute Price Put Most Within Person Measure Things

I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when the new technology goes down, the immediate fallback position is either that technology just before that or one several technologies back. Margaret Atwood

Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there's a little utopia. Margaret Atwood

Never pray for justice, because you might get some. Margaret Atwood

You Justice Some Never Because Pray Pray For Get Might

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?' Margaret Atwood

Beginning Nationalism Boring Am Cultural Oppressed Canadian Really

The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us. Margaret Atwood

Threat Us Planet Actually

An apology offered and, equally important, received is a step towards reconciliation and, sometimes, recompense. Without that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings. Margaret MacMillan

Sometimes Hurts Important Own Recompense Reconciliation Step Towards Equally Without Erupt Fester Offered Process Apology Received