Douglas Coupland Quotes
I told Ethan that I speak in an unrestricted manner to animals - things like, aren't you just the cutest little kitty... that kind of thing, which I wouldn't dream of doing to humans. Then I realized I wish I could.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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One city can look at other cities relative to their city and learn something. It's a matter of sharing the patterns of what exists in one society based on landscape or cultural values versus other cities.
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My favorite thing about being engaged is your partner knowing what you want. For us, we love going out to eat.
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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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I've had great success being a total idiot.
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What N.Y.C. does attract, year in and year out, is the very best general talent from around the world. The absolute smartest, neurons-just-fire-faster, can-bend-spoons-with-their-mind talent.
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Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.
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Every rock is spoon by the Word. Every time I touch a stone, I am touching the Voice of God. Every cell of me is crafted by that artistry. My life is His breath. But we mortals grow numb. We want to feel more. And so we add MSG to our earthly brands of holiness.
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I told Ethan that I speak in an unrestricted manner to animals - things like, aren't you just the cutest little kitty... that kind of thing, which I wouldn't dream of doing to humans. Then I realized I wish I could.
