Douglas Coupland Quotes
People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.
Douglas Coupland
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
Abel Ferrara
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
Samantha Power
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
Sam Altman
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
Frances O'Connor
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
T. C. Boyle
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If you have people who are high-performing working for you, it's so easy to do your job. Otherwise, you can't even agree on the time of the meeting or who will bring the coffee.
Douglas Conant
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These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.
Marion Nestle
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I like working, and my brain sort of keeps going whether I like it or not.
Bryan Fuller
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At the beginning, I thought, 'Oh, I can't criticize a singer who's doing a role that I adored... even a role I didn't do.' And then I thought, 'The heck with that! Thirty years of experience... ask the girl who did it!' And I feel that if they're not willing to take what I have to say, that's fine! But I'm going to say it.
Beverly Sills
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The only way to live free, the only way to live your life as an offering of love, is to feel everything fully and live open.
David Deida
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People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.
Douglas Coupland