Douglas Coupland Quotes
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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Whatever a person's politics, lawyers have to understand that we are, for most people, the gateway for them to have access to the third branch of government.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.
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I don't need to be so full of myself that I feel I am without flaw. I can feel beautiful and imperfect at the same time. I have a healthy relationship with my aesthetic insecurities.
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I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could have a sex life and not be a bad person. You could have a sex life and still solve your own problems. It was eight years from when I started having the fantasy that I was going to create such a detective to when I actually sat down and came up with V. I. Warshawski. It was a long, slow journey to come to a writing voice and do that character.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.
