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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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Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock

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If a cat does something, we call it instinct if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. – Will Cuppy

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Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. – Michael Polanyi

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Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. – Louis Pasteur

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Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didnt find them. – Richard Ben-Veniste

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Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. – George Bernard Shaw

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Not for nothing is their motto TGIF – Thank God Its Friday. They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do. – Richard Nelson Bolles

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