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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive. – Stephen Leacock

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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock

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Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. – George William Curtis

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Intelligence

Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, its benign… but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody. – Ted Bell

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Intelligence

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on. – John Sherman Cooper

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Intelligence

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. – Edward Thorndike

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Intelligence

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I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but Im not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character. – Corin Nemec

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Everything that I love is behind those gates. We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles, and every kind of tigers and lions. And – and we have bus loads of kids, who dont get to see those things. They come up sick children, and enjoy it. – Michael Jackson

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The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. – Rene Descartes

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Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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