Douglas Coupland Quotes
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There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.
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I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I'm very loyal to my south fans and the industry there. So, it's hard for me leave all the love, respect, and admiration and shift base here. I'm a Mumbai girl and have lived here for most of my life. At the same time, I've spent 10 years of my life in the South and feel like a south Indian at heart.
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I did 'Bridge to Terabithia' when I was around 6 years old, but for my first movie, I was 5.
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A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films.
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I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me.
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I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
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In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
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My mother is brilliant; she's the best person in the world and keeps me grounded.
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Listen: I like my bikinis very small, and I also like, uh, nude-colored bikinis because people double-take - they think I'm naked on the beach.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.
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On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand proudly at the top of the podium and shed tears. They symbolized the Olympics for me because Olympic medals represent all of the hard work and sacrifices made by the athletes as well as the people who helped them reach the top of their sports.
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Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can.
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Our school facilities must be repaired, and our teachers need to be trained and treated as artisans of a noble profession.
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When you write about a Muslim woman, like I did with my previous novels - 'Minaret', for example, which is about a woman who starts to wear the hijab - it sets all the alarm bells ringing.
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Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.
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What expressions we used – in part taken over and in part newly invented! - above all, the famous 'wholly other' breaking in upon us ‘perpendicularly from above,’ the not less famous 'infinite qualitative distinction' between God and man, the vacuum, the mathematical point, and the tangent in which alone they must meet.
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I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.
