" No, I dont, Bernard. And I think you know that Ive opposed the death penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime."

" I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency."

" I was very fond of his jigs and other dance tunes, and spent whole afternoons listening to him play. They tell me that I found two little sticks and tried to catch the rhythm of his pieces. So much for a very early experience."

" it seems she had a rather poetic side to her nature, something of an imaginative dreamer."

" y mother had inherited a bit of those qualities, quite different from my father, who was a very exuberant man, whereas my mother was introspective and liked to meditate and daydream."

" We'd get together on the Saturday or Sunday evening, at an aunt or uncle's place. Everyone contributed his or her performance, singing or playing the violin or piano or some other instrument, and we often put on little plays. Because, I must say, in that family, the Champagne family, everyone loved the arts, especially theatre."

" That was what started my career as a composer, for he [Laliberté] decided that I should go to Europe. He knew Rachmaninoff very well, and after a concert [by the pianist] he and I dined with Rachmaninoff, and he showed him my symphonic poem, after which Rachmaninoff urged me to go into composition .... So that with one thing and another, the fact is that Laliberté actually started me on my career as composer. And it was his idea that I should go to Europe. I should say that when I left Mon"