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== By Canadians == |
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* Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even coming and going. |
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*It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she's something sublime that you were born into, some great rugged power that you are a part of. |
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-[[Emily Carr]]<ref>{{cite web |
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*“You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder. |
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*There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness. |
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*Cedars are terribly sensitive to change of time and light - sometimes they are bluish cold-green, then they turn yellow warm-green - sometimes their boughs flop heavy and sometimes float, then they are fairy as ferns and then they droop, heavy as heartaches. |
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*This mission is a chance to spread the word to potential investors about B.C.’s competitive advantage as Canada’s Pacific Gateway and the opportunities here for partnerships in green technology, trade, investment and education. |
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-British Columbia Premier [[Gordon Campbell]]<ref>{{cite web |
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| date = November 29th, 2007 |
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*We are thrilled that Vancouver-Whistler has been selected as host for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
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-[[Barrett Fisher]], Tourism Whistler’s interim president and CEO<ref>{{cite web |
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== By non-Canadians == |
== By non-Canadians == |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 03:31, 13 January 2008
This article is for quotes about the province of British Columbia, Canada and displayed on the British Columbia Portal.
By Canadians
- Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even coming and going.
- It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she's something sublime that you were born into, some great rugged power that you are a part of.
- “You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder.
- There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.
- Cedars are terribly sensitive to change of time and light - sometimes they are bluish cold-green, then they turn yellow warm-green - sometimes their boughs flop heavy and sometimes float, then they are fairy as ferns and then they droop, heavy as heartaches.
- This mission is a chance to spread the word to potential investors about B.C.’s competitive advantage as Canada’s Pacific Gateway and the opportunities here for partnerships in green technology, trade, investment and education.
-British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell[6]
- We are thrilled that Vancouver-Whistler has been selected as host for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
-Barrett Fisher, Tourism Whistler’s interim president and CEO[7]
By non-Canadians
Vancouver Quotes
Canada Quotes
References
- ↑ Carr, Emily. Pink Collar: An Awfully Lonesome Affair (in english). Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr (Paperback). Douglas & McIntyre / D & M Adult; Reprint edition (May 18 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in - Emily Carr quote (in english). Said What (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Emily Carr quotes (in english). ThinkExist (1999-2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Emily Carr quotes (in english). ThinkExist (1999-2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Emily Carr quotes (in english). ThinkExist (1999-2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Nagpal, Sahil (November 29th, 2007). British Columbia Premier to promote life science, education in India (in english). Top News. Drupal. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Spirit of Vancouver - 2010 celebration quotes (in english). The Vancouver Board of Trade. (1999-2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
