Douglas Coupland Quotes
You wilfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.
Quotes to Explore
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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What's really good is African drum music.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.
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The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
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The people that I was working with made it all good for me - made it important to me - made it special. I will miss everyone in the Steelers organization.
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I'm not a model, I'm an artist. In one of my videos, I'm doing this shot of me with no make-up on where I've just woken up, and I don't think a lot of people would be comfortable enough to do that. But that's the way I look. This is who I am. Let's enjoy it. Let's just live life to the full while we're all here.
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For many little girls, life with father is a dress rehearsal for love and marriage.
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You wilfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.
