Douglas Coupland Quotes
Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing, job-sucking wormhole into which travel agency jobs vanished, never to return.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.
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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim ban.
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You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.
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Being a mom was a full-time job. I was never willing to sacrifice everything for my career.
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I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.
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I've put on makeup just for fun since I was a really little girl. Now I keep a look book for inspiration - with hair, makeup, beauty tips and products to try.
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Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing, job-sucking wormhole into which travel agency jobs vanished, never to return.
