Not that there wasn't still plenty of subduing to do here in North America. "Even within our own limits, the savage still lights his death fires, to appease the wrath of an idol," he points out. What's worse, to the "north, there is an immense region of palpable darkness." (Hi, Canada!)

Sarah Vowell

Stichwörter: canada



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Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada?

Sarah Vowell

Stichwörter: canada



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Because of the "city upon a hill" sound bite, "A Model of Christian Charity" is one of the formative documents outlining the idea of America. But dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada.

Sarah Vowell

Stichwörter: america canada 2008 city-on-the-hill communitarianism john-winthrop



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...my body has become
another country
and I feel like an unemployed
illegal alien
how will I survive
where I do not belong
I belong with you

Patrick Califia-Rice

Stichwörter: change canada poem longing



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We would drive to Canada, where it would probably be legal for us to get married- it was Canada where they let people do whatever they wanted because it was too cold to bother stopping them.

W. Bruce Cameron

Stichwörter: canada cold-weather



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By January it had always been winter.

Annie Proulx

Stichwörter: canada



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Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

Mike Myers

Stichwörter: canada american flavour



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In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.

Rick Mercer

Stichwörter: united-states canada stupid conservative



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My first trip to Canada has been great!

Cody R. Simpson

Stichwörter: canada



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Here's a tip, Alyconeus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only 10 miles wide.
Welcome to Canada, idiot.

Rick Riordan

Stichwörter: canada geography alaska giants frank-zhang



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