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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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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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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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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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Revenge is a powerful motivator.
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The goal is not to add years to your life, but to add life to your years
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I told about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 'It's that way with people, too,' he said, 'only with people it's sometimes that the whole is less than the sum of the parts.'
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All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.
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Have you ever played ping pong up against a wall? You get exhausted a lot quicker than playing against someone. It's the same with getting angry. If you keep getting angry on your own, all that anger will just come back to you.
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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.
