Douglas Coupland Quotes
If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.
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Strauss Group continues to strengthen its future growth engines, improve the company's competitive position, and increase market share, while continuing streamlining processes, improvements, and carrying out organizational adjustments in the company.
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I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.
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If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.
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Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority, and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.
