Among the native people who became important to Boyden was Francis Pegahmagabow, a sniper credited with killing 378 Germans during the Great War, who is fictionalised as the sharpshooter Peggy in the novel. Pegahmagabow was the chief of the Parry Island reserve near where Boyden's mother now lives, and Boyden grew up with his grandchildren. Francis looked at being a sniper as a job, neither with happiness nor sadness, ... To him it was like trapping and he was very good at it. But Canadians have completely forgotten him.
Quotes about peggy (16 Quotes)
I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.
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Well, I'd say that the beginning of this thing came through with Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim's, where she opened this gallery and began showing some things that caused a little talk, amongst a lot of other things.
Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
That's why Peggy remained so important to me. I could listen to any one of the hundreds of songs I have by her, and they're just fabulous.
In memory of Peggy, who was such a teacher, this loom will be in her memory.
I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.
It could have been Peggy, or it could have been me, or it could have been the grandbabies. The county needs to do something about this dog business. I think they should have put those dogs down.
I'm a feminist. I'm pretty sure Peggy wouldn't call herself that, but she's got moments of great clarity and strength and resolve and independence. And I think some of that sprinkled off from me.
'I cannot go to school today,' Said little Peggy Ann McKay. 'I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash, and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. .... 'What's that What's that you say You say today is ... Saturday G'bye, I'm going out to play'
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.
If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.
Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.