A Quote by Alphonso Davies
Being Canadian is a great honor.
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A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. And you devalue the citizenship of every Canadian in this place and in this country when you break down and make it conditional for anyone.
You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity, and this is one of our marvellous resources.
It's a great honor... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously... I'm very honored to be given this honor.
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Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.
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Ossie Davis was a man with great integrity, great honor and someone who I feel has done us all a great service just by being on the Earth.
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The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today.
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