Douglas Coupland Quotes
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.
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When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
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When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.
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I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
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The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'
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I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player.
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The ultimate, if distant, aim of the Bauhaus is the unified work of art - the great structure - in which there is no distinction between monumental and decorative art.
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
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There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.
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I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians.
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I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.
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I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.
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It feels like we all win when Joe wins. People know the struggle, everything I had to overcome. People feel like that's them winning. If Joe could do it, they could do it.
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Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.
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Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.
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All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song.
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Have you heard anything useful come out of an actor's mouth lately?
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We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.
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It's the wheel of the world - turning around.
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There's a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem. I can't afford to relax in any area of life. You have to keep your senses awake to all the complacency that kicks in - particularly for the English.
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Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.
