Douglas Coupland Quotes
The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will.
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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This is a strange game.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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I never met a stripe I didn't like.
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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'
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I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.
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Writing bores me so.
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I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.
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The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.
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My wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along. With the first baby, when she cried, we'd think, Oh my God, what do we do now? But with Finley, our fourth - he's the easiest baby ever, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we're much more relaxed these days.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.
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Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
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The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will.
