Douglas Coupland Quotes

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.

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  Fetty Wap
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• When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
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• Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.

  

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• I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.

  

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• I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.

  

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• We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.

  

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• We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.

  

  Ada Lovelace
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• There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.

  

  Yann Martel
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• It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

  

  Garet Garrett
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• I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
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• I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

  

  Samantha Fox
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• If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.

  

  Florence Henderson
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• I'd never been published when I was young.

  

  Jack Vance
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• When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.

  

  Jack Dangermond
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• What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?

  

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• Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.

  

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• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
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• It's weird to make new friends, but we're three seasons in with 'The Exes,' and now it feels a lot like 'Scrubs,' where I'm very lucky because I get to work people like Wayne Knight, who I really like.

  

  Donald Faison
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• Calling people 'sweetheart' makes most people enraged.

  

  Amy Poehler
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• Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

  

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• Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.

  

  Anthony Carmona
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• With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • People
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