Douglas Coupland Quotes
Some people think fashion is frivolous but it's not... it's just that some ideas come and go quickly, and that's the nature of the language of fashion.
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
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I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the biggest prison in the world, and I would be very hypocritical were I to perform there.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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Some people think fashion is frivolous but it's not... it's just that some ideas come and go quickly, and that's the nature of the language of fashion.
