Douglas Coupland Quotes
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I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.
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I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got.
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I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
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For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
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No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.
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Robin Williams was a wonderful, kind, and generous man. One important thing I remember about his personality is that he was unassuming - he never acted as if he was powerful or famous.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.
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Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.
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Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation.
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I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.
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Cursing is heavily used in the Irish language. It's not a stretch for me, and I have no qualms about it. It doesn't fall far from the real me.
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People are usually made Dames for virtues I do not possess.
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Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.
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I'm agoraphobic. I can't deal with crowds.
