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Quote by Robert Bourassa

“There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.”

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Robert Bourassa was a prominent Canadian politician, born on July 14, 1933, and passed away on October 2, 1996. He served as the Premier of Quebec and had a significant impact on the province's political landscape. more

“Look at that mallard as he floats on the lake; see his elevated head glittering with emerald green, his amber eyes glancing in the light! Even at this distance, he has marked you, and suspects that you bear no goodwill towards him, for he sees that you have a gun, and he has many a time been frightened by its report, or that of some other. The wary bird draws his feet under his body, springs upon then, opens his wings, and with loud quacks bids you farewell.”

Source: Ornithological Biography: Or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; Accompanied by Descriptions of the Objects Represented in the Work Entitled The Birds of America, and Interspersed with Delineations of American Scenery and Manners. 5 Vol. Il. Q.

“Indians walk softly and hurt the landscape hardly more than the birds and squirrels, and their brush and bark huts last hardly longer than those of wood rats, while their more enduring monuments, excepting those wrought on the forests by the fires they made to improve their hunting grounds, vanish in a few centuries.”

Source: JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more

“Man studied birds for centuries, trying to learn how to make a machine to fly like them. He never did do the trick; his final success came when he broke away entirely and tried new methods.”

Men Trying Century Bird Machines Method Finals Tricks Flight Broke

Book:Who Goes There?: And Other Stories

Source: Who Goes There?: And Other Stories

“I believe that superior creative work always has been, is, and always will be the hub of the wheel in any successful agency”

Believe Has Beens I Believe Creative Successful Superiors Advertising Agency Wheels Creative Work Hub

Author:Leo Burnett

“Plan the sale when you plan the ad”

Plans Advertising Ads

Author:Leo Burnett

“Let's gear our advertising to sell goods, but let's recognize also that advertising has a broad social responsibility.”

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