Douglas Coupland Quotes
When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16.
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The fans are very, very loyal. They're always saying, 'When is the next album?' They know when I finish in the studio it's got to be a few years before the next album.
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Like so many Americans, I am sick and tired of watching the rapid decline of our culture right in front of our eyes.
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Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.
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Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the perfect knight in a different century, or a very good pagan prince in a time of heroes. He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river, with the ability to do anything and finding nothing he wants to do.
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When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.
