Douglas Coupland Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.
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I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace.
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People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things are tragic, but you have to laugh.
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I worked in the story department for years on 'Cars' and 'Toy Story 3.'
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Gun violence in Chicago is unacceptable. It threatens everything we have done together and all of the progress we have made in other areas.
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If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan's index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness.
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Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.
