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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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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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 once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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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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You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face And show the world all the love in your heart.
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The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of our times on these matters, but it has also influenced the thinking of legislators all over the world.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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Creatively, most of my influences come from the literary world: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara. Writers are my heroes.
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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.
