Douglas Coupland Quotes
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
Oprah Winfrey -
I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
A. P. Herbert -
Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
Kate Millett -
I think inherently, a little bit, I'm a bit of a pleaser, and I want people to like me and be nice, and to not ruffle feathers and just make everybody happy and stuff. It's a personality flaw.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
Orson Welles -
Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
Naomi Klein
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
Vince Staples -
All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.
O. R. Melling -
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
Zoe Wanamaker -
Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.
Van Wyck Brooks -
I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
J. Cole -
Each year, you've got to talk about it more and more, you've got to have programs. You're doing these camps, you've got to talk about concussion awareness.
Calvin Johnson
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I've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training.
Daley Thompson -
I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.
Cam Newton -
To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
Barbara W. Tuchman -
'Blessing without good health is a crisis because you cannot enjoy it.'
T. B. Joshua -
The Orlando terrorist may be dead, but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. And we must attack it with clear eyes, steady hands, unwavering determination and pride in our country and our values.
Hillary Clinton -
Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.
Gautama Buddha
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There's always the standard six people you can hire that have played all these villains in Hollywood. Instinctively, when they come on screen, you know what's going to happen. You don't know the story, but you know what they do.
Albert Brooks -
You know what, we're very skinny in our family.
Ashley Scott -
When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.
Charles Ghigna -
In our heads we're all about 33 years old.
Douglas Coupland