Winnipeg Quotes
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Boy Meets Girl in Winnipeg and Who Cares?
Hugh MacLennan— 1960 Title of a magazine article in Scotchman's Return and Other Essays. It refers to the preference of Canadian editors, English Conservative politician, Chairman of the Conservative Party (1961-3). He refused to serve under Lord Home (having supported R A Butler's leadership claim), and spent two years editing the Spectator. He was shadow Chancellor under Heath (1965-70), and briefly Chancellor (1970).
With the thermometer at 30 below zero and the wind behind him, a man walking on Main Street in Winnipeg knows which side of him is which.
stephen leacock— My Discovery of the West (1937)
You've got to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettos and who are not integrated into western Canadian society.
stephen harper— Stephen Harper, The Report newsmagazine, January 22, 2001
Every salvage mission that's been to this system has disappeared. Even those old pirates out at Winnipeg Drift say it's cursed.
— The character Harper making a remark in EPISODE 112: The Mathematics of Tears in the TV series Andromeda
I could, remember when we were in Winnipeg? Six hours, I couldn’t go.
— Paul talking to Jamie about their dog who has to hold it in for hours while trapped in their apartment. "An Angel For Murray" (406) Mad About You
With the thermometer at 30 below zero and the wind behind him, a man walking on Main Street in Winnipeg knows which side of him is which.
— Stephen Leacock Source: My Discovery of the West, 1937
