Douglas Coupland Quotes
I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
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Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.
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The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
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There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences.
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For me, you have to like the person you're playing. When you don't, it's kinda hard.
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It likes it when you don’t depend on it. It will reward you every time you don’t act needy. It will chase you if you act like other things (passion, friendship, family, longevity) are more important to you. If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.
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I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
