Douglas Coupland Quotes
I was always the youngest person in class, skinny, scrawny, no good at sports. I asserted myself by being smart. But then I got to college and started to get C's and D's. That was fantastic. I no longer had to be the smartest person in the room.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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My father had very little formal education.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown.
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I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.
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A politician is not allowed to get too emotional in public, so what he does is drop subtle hints that, over time, cause the public to get emotional. Once the same emotions are generated by enough people, the politician can use it to steer the public in his desired direction. Fear is an emotion that is often used this way. A smart politician knows that if he can create fear in enough people, those people will give up what they truly want in order to give the politician what he says they need.
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I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.
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I felt good out there. A bit nervous, but determined and positive.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I was always the youngest person in class, skinny, scrawny, no good at sports. I asserted myself by being smart. But then I got to college and started to get C's and D's. That was fantastic. I no longer had to be the smartest person in the room.
