Douglas Coupland Quotes
Finally, my life was a story. My days would no longer feel like a video game that resets to zero every time I wake up, and then begs for coins. (p. 143)
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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Every time, I try to make something different.
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I miss riding those fast trains in Japan... 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.
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I'm not out to preach. I just live my own life. I'm very happy if I can help somebody - that's wonderful. But it's up to them what they want to think about it or what they want to take away; it's their business, not mine.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.
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I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.
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I don't think of myself as a gearhead or a motorcyclist. I'm not that young, and this is like another life of mine. But the people I know from that era think of me that way.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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I pick up on other people's discomfort.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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I think the biggest difference is in live action, you show up, and there's a set there and a ground to stand on, at least, and in animation, there's kinda nothing. You are making decisions on everything.
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I'm open to all kind of scripts. As long as there's enough scope to perform, I'd take up the offer. In fact, before Yuvan and 'TT' happened, I got an opportunity to work with a top actor-director combination. But my height proved to be a setback.
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It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
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With the R&B, gospel feel that 'Sparkle' has, that opens the door for my fans to be more accepting of that sound and also for me to try it.
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When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers.
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If you ever feel distant, never mistake who has drifted away. Prayer will close this gap.
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Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.
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Life will pay any price you ask of it.
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Finally, my life was a story. My days would no longer feel like a video game that resets to zero every time I wake up, and then begs for coins. (p. 143)
