Douglas Coupland Quotes
I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the 11th never happened.
Douglas Coupland
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
Barbara Kruger
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I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.
Oscar Isaac
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
Zac Efron
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
Qandeel Baloch
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The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in Texas politicians. It's just Texas is such a unique place to itself that politically, at least so far, they haven't found anybody to play nationally.
Gail Collins
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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
Frances McDormand
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One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
Orson Scott Card
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
Cara Black
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My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
Abraham Verghese
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It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.
E. M. Forster
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If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.
Andrew Breitbart
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In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.
Haruki Murakami
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'Let your occupations be few,' says the sage, 'if you would lead a tranquil life.'
Marcus Aurelius
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Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
Brigitte Bardot
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The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours and hours, and people wander in and wander out, and people talk the whole way through. One of the American women said to the other, "This is so beautiful. I can actually imagine maybe even becoming Orthodox." She went on and on, and finally a Russian seated just in front of her turned and said, "You are not member of church because it is beautiful; you are member of church because it is the single truth of God!"
Andrew Solomon
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I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the 11th never happened.
Douglas Coupland
