Douglas Coupland Quotes
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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I care about Bahrain.
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You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.
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The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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Some people are tied to five hundred words a day, six days a week. I'm a hesitater.
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When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.
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Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.
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We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.
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At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.
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There's nothing at the center of what we do.
