My country is not a country, it is winter.

Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver.

Gilles Vigneault

Mon Pays

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Topic

Canada

Speaker

Gilles Vigneault

Source

Mon Pays

Medium

Song

Language

French

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

"Mon Pays [My Country]." La Neige a Fondu sur la Manicouagan [The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan]. Directed by Arthur Lamothe, composed by Gilles Vigneault, National Film Board of Canada, 1965.

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Another quote from the 1960s

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

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Topic
Critics

Author

Kenneth Tynan
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Tynan, Kenneth. Quoted in "Critic Kenneth Tynan Has Mellowed But Is Still England's Stingingest Gadfly." Written by Godfrey Smith. The New York Times, 9 Jan. 1966.

Another quote originally in French

No human creature can give orders to love.

George Sand

Jacques

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Topic
Nature of love

Author

George Sand
Source
Jacques
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1834 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sand, George. Jacques. 1833, ch. 81.