Douglas Coupland Quotes
Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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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 want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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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've been doing this since 2011, when I started on Instagram. Building my presence on there was important to my brand, but I wanted to take my audience to other platforms, so I then crossed over to Twitter second, then YouTube third. It wasn't until I made my fourth crossover to a different platform that I went to Vine.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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All our wives are experimental psychologists.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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I can't imagine here would be a Chinese Gorbachev. But the party will gradually open up. For instance, it has already set a time limit for political reforms in Hong Kong. And in four years time, there won't be a strongman to name the General Secretary at the party congress. That means that the various factions will have to develop better rules for naming their leader. But there won't be a timeline for political reform.
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When you model for a show, you get this real sense of adrenaline. It's difficult when the shoes are so high - that part's quite scary - but you just have to do it.
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I don't believe you ever get closure on anything. Things leave a permanent mark on you.
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I really like Katy Perry and the music she does. She's an amazing musician and it's an honour to be opening for her in London.
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Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website.
