For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be able to read and have a more robust personal life.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.

I think I've chosen the right path.

I have said explicitly from day one when I announced this policy in, I believe, November of 2011, that I and our government oppose the idea of banning the wearing of the niqab in public.

Finally, as I've said, this is - why are you talking about Jewish women's wigs and people wearing turbans? That has nothing whatsoever to do with niqab.

I think very few people in Canada are seeking - to regulate any public expressions of individuals' religions.

All religions are guesswork

I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things.

There are moments in life. And, yes, still moments in death.

I love playing females that are put into these pressure-cooker situations, but they're real. I didn't want to be this kind of Lara Croft superwoman.

Nothing is quite so horrifying and paralyzing as to win the Oedipal struggle and to be awarded your mother as the prize.

I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence.

Sweetheart, all men are animals. Feed us, pet us, and use a firm hand, and we'll worship at your feet.

Looking at my life I see that only Love Has been my soul’s companion From deep inside My soul cries out: Do not wait, surrender For the sake of Love.

Organizations should say and do the things they ACTUALLY believe.