Douglas Coupland Quotes
Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
Quotes to Explore
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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A will finds a way.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
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I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.
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I think that there is a lot going on with young people today.
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I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.
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The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
