Douglas Coupland Quotes
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
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Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, federal mandatory minimum laws were implemented that forced judges to deliver sentences far lengthier than they would have if allowed to use their own discretion. The result has been decades of damage, particularly to young people.
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I find that I can't work and listen to radio – either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.
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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.
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I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.
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I like girls who want to get up and dance and don't mind singing in front of my family - you know, silly stuff. Some girls won't eat in front of boys or won't go bowling. They just want to go out and look pretty. I don't really get that. I want someone who is up for having a good time.
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Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.
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Privacy is not a luxury in America: it is a right - one that we need to defend in the digital realm as much as in the physical realm.
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Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.
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The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.
