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Adrienne Clarkson [1939-0] Canadian
Rank: 103
Journalist, Former Governor General of Canada


Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC FRAIC FRCPSC is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.


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Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
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Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
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Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
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To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
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