Douglas Coupland Quotes
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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It's a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond.
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I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.
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If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews.
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It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community.
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We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.
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For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
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I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
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The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.
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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
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I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.
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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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We still don't know what about 96 per cent of the universe is made of. It is dark matter and dark energy, but we have no idea what it is.
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When I go into a steakhouse and order a steak, I'll order the cut of my choice, and I'll order it black and blue. And I'll ask them to bring it with my first course, and I'll just let it sit there.
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Well, who better to play Nazis than we Jews?
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I like Glee because I love all the singing. It's like an hour-long music video. Those kids are so talented, and I love The Glee Project.
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Consensus Terrorism: The process that decides in-office attitudes and behavior.
