John Turner Quotes

#1. life is a gift and it's meant for the living, and we dishonor our dead by squandering that gift in favor of the destructiveness of our self-pity.

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#2. Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.

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#3. Too often, our minds are locked on one track. We are looking for red - so we overlook blue. Many Nobel Prizes have been washed down the drain because someone did not expect the unexpected.

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#4. In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that Canada can achieve both equality and excellence.

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#5. I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons.

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#6. You reduce the cost of labs if you buy for here in Atlanta not trying to staff five other labs, ... There's a great deal of efficiency.

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#7. I guess there were fewer differences between me and social psychologists than between me and other people in general

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#8. Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.

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