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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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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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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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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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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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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Sitcoms routinely portray women hitting men, almost never portray men hitting women. When he fails to leave, it is not called 'Battered Man Syndrome'; it is called comedy.
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Large companies from out-of-state still look at the Mormon factor and wonder if they can conduct business here. But with the Provo Airport gearing up, and if we get regular scheduled flights, that would help our growth.
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Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.
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The gutter is Bertie Ahern's natural habitat.
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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.
