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.
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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.
Danica McKellar
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
Lance Armstrong
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
Rafael dos Anjos
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
Haley Reinhart
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
Vincent Cassel
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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.
K. D. Lang
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He who gives love, receives love.
Omar Torrijos Herrera
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
Manuel Puig
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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.
Sam Altman
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
Nathan Lane
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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.
Dag Hammarskjold
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
S. Jay Olshansky
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
Harland Williams
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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.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
Carice van Houten
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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.
Imtiaz Ali
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A will finds a way.
Orison Swett Marden
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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.
Calvin Peete
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Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters.
Charlie Haas
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I love Ozomatli, this L.A. band that makes great coffee. They are half American, half Mexican, their coffee's great, and they're very good friends.
Jose Andres
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When people are healthy and not hungry, they are stronger workers building a robust economy.
Charles B. Rangel -
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D. H. Lawrence
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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.
Douglas Coupland