Douglas Coupland Quotes
For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us hope for change and improvement.Douglas Coupland
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
Malcolm Turnbull -
A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
Ian Hacking -
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
Karl Marx -
We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
Ramez Naam -
You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
Lance Henriksen
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
Oliver Hudson -
Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
Dan Gertler -
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
Samuel Beckett -
I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
Kate Winslet -
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
Karen Allen -
Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
Malcolm Mclaren
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
Caitriona Balfe -
People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
Aaron Paul -
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
Halle Berry -
I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
Cameron Monaghan -
God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
Manute Bol -
If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the bottom of their soul, it can be a bit annoying.
Ian Holm
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I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.
Aaron Paul -
When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Alexander Hamilton -
I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.
Andrew Rannells -
I've talked a lot with Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Being on Team PokerStars with them has helped me out quite a bit. I've traveled around Europe playing with them. I've also talked with Robert Williamson here and there and Jim Worth. So I've had some good people to talk to and bounce ideas off of.
Chris Moneymaker -
For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us hope for change and improvement.
Douglas Coupland