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Canada2 quotes
Some say that no one ever leaves Montreal, for that city, like Canada itself, is designed to preserve the past, a past that happened somewhere else. — Leonard Cohen · 1963My country is not a country, it is winter. — Gilles Vigneault · 1964The human condition2 quotes
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in — Leonard Cohen · 1992Now, maybe there's a God above
As for me all I've ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
But it's not a cry that you're hear tonight
It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light
No, it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah — Leonard Cohen · 1984Advance of civilization1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011America1 quote
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. — Pierre Trudeau · 1969America and Canada1 quote
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. — Pierre Trudeau · 1969Delusion1 quote
Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free. — Irving Layton · 1969Demagoguery1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Healing1 quote
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in — Leonard Cohen · 1992Human frailty1 quote
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in — Leonard Cohen · 1992Leadership1 quote
Leadership means making people feel good. — Jean Chretien · 1984Montreal1 quote
Some say that no one ever leaves Montreal, for that city, like Canada itself, is designed to preserve the past, a past that happened somewhere else. — Leonard Cohen · 1963Nature abhors a vacuum1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Patriarchy1 quote
A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. — Leonard Cohen · 1963Pessimism1 quote
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. — Leonard Cohen · 1993Politics1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Populism1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Progress1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011Rain1 quote
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. — Leonard Cohen · 1993Realism1 quote
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. — Leonard Cohen · 1993Right to privacy1 quote
There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau · 1967Social progress1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011Things are getting worse1 quote
Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows. — Leonard Cohen · 1988True freedom1 quote
Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free. — Irving Layton · 1969Women1 quote
A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. — Leonard Cohen · 1963Women's bodies1 quote
A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. — Leonard Cohen · 1963