Famous Canadian Peacekeeping Quotes

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security. ~ Jean-Marie Guehenno

(Since this was, after all, a Canadian revolution, the former rebels were compensated by the Canadian government for their lost property.) ~ Peter C Newman

Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping operations. He had the responsibilities in regards to the mounting and operation of peacekeeping missions around the world. ~ Romeo Dallaire

I know a lot about Canadian politics. I lived in Canadian bars for six years. ~ Michael Moriarty

I do dead Canadians. If he's dead and he's Canadian and he's famous, I'll be playing him at some point. ~ Colm Feore

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out. ~ Michel Martelly

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity, and this is one of our marvellous resources. ~ Marshall McLuhan

I'm a Canadian. I've always been a Canadian. ~ Michael Ignatieff

The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. You here less about Canadian actresses than actors, I don't know why. ~ Dustin Milligan

Travel Etiquette: When dealing with foreigners, pretend you are Canadian. ~ Chelsea Handler

I'm Canadian, so I'm a big fan of the Canadian tuxedo - that's what we call it. I wear it all the time. ~ Brad Goreski

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget. ~ Cliff Stearns

I'm a first-generation Canadian. ~ Melanie Fiona

I don't want to be famous for being famous. ~ Kelli O'Hara

The lonely, wistful revisionism of memories is as gratingly repetitive as snow and ice in Canada. I avoid them both at all costs - memories and Canada. ~ Brian D'Ambrosio

Through your support of UN peacekeeping, you can help to make this tantalizing word-"peace"-a reality for all the world's citizens. Together, we can spread the message that UN peacekeeping is essential. Without it, the world would be a much less stable, and more violent, place. ~ Tim Wirth

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. ~ Van Morrison

It seems to me psychologically I'm a Canadian. ~ Clark Blaise

The moon twangs its silver strings;
The river swoons into town;
The wind beds down in the pines,
Covers itself with stars. ~ George Elliott Clarke

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. ~ Leslie Nielsen

Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian. ~ Dave Foley

Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible. ~ Russell Smith

The seal hunt has made me ashamed to be a Canadian. ~ Paul Watson

Real Canada is where people wear sweaters for survival, not style. ~ Mark Leiren-Young

The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running. ~ Dennis Banks

You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. ~ Brian Mulroney

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards. ~ Andrea Martin

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor. ~ Scott Thompson

I stared. Canadian Satanists? You're sending me to a group of Canadian Satanists? ~ Richelle Mead

The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous. ~ Bo Burnham

It is well known that I am pro-life ... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people. ~ Stockwell Day

My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there. ~ Patrick DeWitt

I am the ultimate California girl, which is funny, being that I'm Canadian. ~ Pamela Anderson

There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but there is no Canadian patriotism, and we can have no Canadian nation when we have no Canadian patriotism. ~ Henri Bourassa

I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo. ~ Dan Auerbach

More customers for Canadian oil means that Canadian producers can charge more for their oil, which then means that American businesses and consumers will pay more for oil. ~ Ron Wyden

Every Canadian who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so. ~ Paul Martin

I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride. ~ Harland Williams

Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian. ~ David Steinberg

A son of Ares stood here?" Hedge cried indignantly.
"I'm Roman . . . so Mars, actually."
"Whatever! Famous spot in the American Civil War!"
"I'm Canadian, actually."
"Whatever! . . . ~ Rick Riordan

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking. ~ Shirley Maclaine

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea. ~ Mike Johanns

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. ~ Peter Carey

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous. ~ Dallas Clayton

Frank Zhang, you should know!" Frank flinched. "I should?" "A son of Ares stood here!" Hedge cried indignantly. "I'm Roman ... so Mars, actually." "Whatever! Famous spot in the American Civil War!" "I'm Canadian, actually. ~ Rick Riordan

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame. ~ Johnathon Schaech

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff. ~ Shenae Grimes

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent ... The only Canadian to have ever held it. ~ Owen Hart

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. ~ Jim Carrey

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. ~ Gary Bettman

A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian? ~ Irving Layton

Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup. ~ Russell Smith

I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference. ~ Serinda Swan

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't. ~ Trey Parker

Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you."
"I doubt it. ~ Madeline Miller

I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French. ~ Cory Monteith

My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel. ~ Roberto Alomar

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous. ~ Noomi Rapace

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. ~ Dolph Lundgren

I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates. ~ Ellen Page

A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty. ~ Patrick Kane

We build this country ourselves every day and we have to be, in the most positive sense, totally unreal. ~ J.C. Villamere

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us. ~ Linda Evangelista

The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC. ~ Lexa Doig

I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it. ~ Michael Ignatieff

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! ~ William Shatner

I'm this little Canadian Jewish girl, and I'm living my dream. ~ Emmanuelle Chriqui

In 1983, all of us had U.S. passports, but because there was so much tension between America and the U.S.S.R., we were announced as a Canadian group. ~ Paul Horn

There is this power that comes with being famous. ~ Rod Stewart

I learned that the Canadian government is very supportive of their native artists. As a rule, at least half of the play list played on Canadian radio stations must be of national origin and any non-Canadian headlining artists must include at least one national act on their bill. This kind of support has established Canada as a creatively fertile ground for some of music's greatest artists. The ~ Rudy Sarzo

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries. ~ Michael Ondaatje

Like every Canadian, I have been taught that one of the most important functions of art is to supply and elaborate the myths and narratives of nationhood. ~ Miriam Toews

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent. ~ Rachel Sklar

We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants. ~ Leonard Woodcock

This is the one international institution we have in which governments get together to work collectively for a common purpose. International crises, by definition, require international solutions. Peacekeeping is a response to conflict, is a response to situations in which often it is not the business of any one particular country to get into. It seems to me, therefore, that the world will for the foreseeable future need peacekeeping. ~ Shashi Tharoor

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically. ~ Michael Cera

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. ~ Kat Dennings

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people. ~ Charlie Kaufman

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director. ~ Andrew Lau

The director is a Canadian, Jeff Stephenson, and any time I get a script that has any Canadian component, I'm always immediately much more interested. ~ Kathleen Robertson

I'm Canadian. I think that's it. When you're a Canadian, you're always watching America from the outside, from afar. ~ Ryan Gosling

The Canadian circle in L.A. is really close. There's a magnet effect where we all just huddle together somehow. It's one big Canadian family, really. ~ Devon Bostick

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. ~ Tom Felton

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn't want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor's salary. ~ George Woodcock

It was never about winning medals or being famous. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian. ~ David Cronenberg

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. ~ James Carville

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. ~ William Hurt

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself. ~ Vanessa Paradis

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. ~ Noel Gallagher

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say. ~ Richard Lewis

I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war. ~ Feist

I have done a lot of sci-fi, not out of choice, necessarily. It's just that I'm Canadian, and it's more cost-efficient to film sci-fi up here. ~ Christina Cox

It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars. ~ Lynn Coady

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ~ Van Morrison

I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they married - is buried in Quebec, and if Quebec were to separate, I would feel I had been cut in two. ~ Michael Ignatieff

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. ~ Ellen Pompeo

The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty. There are new and disturbing reports of American nuclear submarines passing though Canadian waters without obtaining the permission of, or even notifying, the Canadian government. ~ Stephen Harper

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me. ~ Helen Slater