Douglas Coupland Quotes
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.
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That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.
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In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
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Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.
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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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To be censored is one sure way of knowing you have been taken dead seriously. It also speaks to the continuing power of the printed word, almost fifteen hundred years after that amazing invention.
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American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.
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In my heart, I know that Jesus would never condone the suffering that results when dogs and cats are allowed to breed.
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Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?
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Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.
