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Bernard Drainville quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We can understand that people, seeing this anti-charter slander by certain media, end up thinking â€˜Oh God, am I right to support the charter? Am I a good person?â€™ Well, yes, you are a good person, ladies and gentlemen, youâ€™re part of the majority of people who want a charter.”
-- Bernard Drainville

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“Wonderful to see with the whole family. It's like travelling from dynasty to dynasty, from one Chinese region to another.”
-- Bernard Drainville

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“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”
“The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.”
“As her parents, Aishwarya and I want our child to be happy and healthy. I was guarded from all this (media attention and showbiz world). The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.”
“Men are not as sophisticated as women. They're not as mature as women. They're not as connected with their emotions as women...There's a very Neanderthal quality that still exists in a lot of men... And if you're in the public eye, to me, it's very boring to say what you have to say and be media trained to the extent that you don't ever reveal any truth. There was a time in my life when I lived probably a bit more on the primal level. And it was amazing.”
“It is a mistake to make propaganda many-sided, like scientific instruction, for instance... As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided, the effect will piddle away, for the crowd can neither digest nor retain the material offered.”
“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”
“Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.”

Bernard Drainville quotes

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