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I haven't seen too many similarities between Montreal and American cities.
Alissa White-Gluz
Seen
Too
Montreal
Cities
Similarities
Between
American
American Cities
Many
Montreal is just so multicultural and ethnic and diverse, and it's what makes us special. I say 'us' like I still live there, but I still do feel like a Montrealer.
Antoni Porowski
Live
Montreal
Say
Diverse
Feel
Like
Makes
Still
Just
Us
Ethnic
Special
Multicultural
Montreal bagels are much better than U.S. bagels, because there's a sweetness to the dough, and there's a pull. New York bagels are basically bread in the shape of a bagel.
Antoni Porowski
Better
Montreal
Shape
New
Because
Than
York
New York
Bread
Much
Dough
Sweetness
Basically
Pull
I was raised in Montreal, which is very multicultural, very liberal. Then I moved to New York.
Antoni Porowski
Liberal
Montreal
New
Very
York
Moved
New York
Which
Then
Multicultural
Raised
Bands like Arcade Fire finding a larger audience has opened a lot of doors. They've empowered a whole community in Montreal.
Bryce Dessner
Fire
Doors
Community
Montreal
Finding
Arcade
Opened
Like
Empowered
Audience
Lot
Bands
Whole
Larger
Food from Quebec is not known to be amazing. Actually, even though you can eat really, really well in Montreal, it's crazy. It's one of the best cities I eat in, but typical Quebec food is like food from people that work in the woods. It's potatoes, meat and sauce.
Charlotte Le Bon
Work
Best
Food
Crazy
You
People
Amazing
Typical
Montreal
Though
Cities
Eat
Potatoes
Like
Well
Known
Quebec
Woods
Really
Meat
Even
Actually
Sauce
I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
Christopher Plummer
Today
Montreal
Rapidly
City
Rather
Nobody
Like
Knows
Because
Becoming
Survivors
Want
Which
Fantastic
Paint
Last
In Montreal, when I grew up, I'd go to the Notre-Dame Basilica, a gorgeous cathedral in town. I'd listen to huge symphony orchestras, Pavarotti singing operas; that was absolutely marvelous. I like that aspect of the cathedral, the spectacle.
Christopher Plummer
Gorgeous
Singing
Symphony
Montreal
Marvelous
Absolutely
Town
Like
Operas
Cathedral
Go
Huge
Up
Listen
Orchestra
Grew
Aspect
Spectacle
GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.
David Bowie
Fire
Other
Montreal
Arcade
Favourite
Bands
Being
Among
Two
All Montreal bands have around nine members, I believe.
David Bowie
Believe
Nine
Montreal
Members
Around
Bands
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters.
Don Kardong
Conviction
Montreal
Some
Unsettling
Cheaters
Line
Were
Marathon
Olympic
Starting
Competitors
My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.
Emmanuelle Beart
Me
School
Parents
France
Kicked
Montreal
Out
Because
Getting
Sent
Kept
I just go wherever work brings me. I share a house with friends in L.A., and I share a house with friends in Montreal when I'm there.
Francois Arnaud
Work
Me
Montreal
Share
House
Go
Friends
Just
Wherever
Brings
After moving from Montreal (where French vs.English is the only conflict) to New York (where everyone is obsessed with race) it was impossible to ignore how intellectually lazy and knee-jerk people are when it comes to any mention of ethnicity.
Gavin McInnes
Conflict
People
Impossible
Everyone
Montreal
Only
Mention
Lazy
Obsessed
New
French
How
Intellectually
York
Any
New York
Where
After
Moving
Race
Ethnicity
Ignore
In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.
Grimes
Culture
Montreal
Cities
Toronto
Vancouver
City
Only
Like
Also
Well
Lot
Canada
America
Affordable
May
Expensive
Buses
Cool
I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.
Grimes
Job
Think
Montreal
Steady
Steady Job
Know
Anyone
Who
I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.
Guy Lafleur
Family
Together
First
Big
Back
Montreal
Would
Guys
Stuck
Like
Came
Big Family
Where
Anymore
Then
Worked
Really
Compare
Unit
Started
I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
Guy Lafleur
Life
My Life
Past
Montreal
Kid
All My Life
Dream
Because
Cherished
Lot
Impressed
Means
Team
Dad
Playing
When you win in Montreal, it's the best place in the world to play hockey.
Guy Lafleur
Best
You
World
Win
Montreal
Hockey
Place
Play
In Montreal, there is a friend of mine at school who is a jazz pianist with an amazing voice, and we sort of have this fusion/soul/R&B/folk music kind of thing. We've been keeping it low-key and opening for some friends.
Jake Epstein
Music
School
Amazing
Jazz
Mine
Montreal
Kind
Some
Voice
Pianist
Opening
Sort
Been
Friend
Friends
Low-Key
Who
Keeping
Thing
You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.
Jamie Farr
Beautiful
You
Nice
Montreal
City
About
Only
Beautiful City
Know
Cuban
Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.
Jay Baruchel
Great
Montreal
Town
Equal
Parts
Blue-Collar
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog.
Jay Baruchel
You
Montreal
Definitely
Underdog
Up
Canada
Skinny
Working-Class
Grow
Grow Up
We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise.
Jean Charest
First
Ownership
Group
Our
Montreal
Would
See
Able
Rather
Only
Exchange
First Of All
Sure
Because
Making
Stock
Stock Exchange
Canadian
Hands
Expertise
Interested
Prefer
Much
Maple
Niche
Preserve
They've been fairly positive, as firm as they could be in regards to the derivatives operations in Montreal. We didn't sense that there was a hesitation about it. But things change.
Jean Charest
Positive
Change
Sense
Hesitation
Montreal
About
Could
Firm
Fairly
Operations
Been
Regards
Derivatives
Things
I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.
Jessica Pare
Family
Property
Enormous
Summers
Montreal
Kids
Weekends
Catholic
Because
Up
Same
Eight
Grew
Dad
Sibling
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