Douglas Coupland Quotes
It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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There is common ground we can look towards and hopefully make this country better for all of us. That is what Joe for America means. I want more jobs. I want veterans to have better benefits and not have them taken away. I want people to succeed in this country and have the tools to do so.
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Kim Kardashian tweeted that she is supporting President Obama in the midterm elections. I think it worked because all of the polls are predicting that after tonight Barack Obama will still be president of the United States.
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False praise is worse than no praise.
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With the 'Watchmen' comic, we attempted to tell it in an accessible way. I deliberately made the artwork very clear, deceptively so. You think you're sucking on a sweetie, but it turns out to be a sugar-coated chili.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.
