Douglas Coupland Quotes
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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There are still great artists in the country format.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.
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Lying can never save us from another lie.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its worst at the full moon. I suppose because it is the leader of the stars.
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I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
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If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.
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I have to say, I'm still surprised anyone's nice to me, that anyone talks to me. But I think people understand that other people go through things. We're all a bit gonzo, and you're allowed to take a little time to get your head on straight.
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I'm a plodder, not a planner.
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I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.
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I have patterned myself after my father and God.
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To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.
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Madonna is untouchable. She is absolutely lovely. On a personal level, she's everything you would expect. She's so down to earth.
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I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.
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Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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TV didn't kill radio, it just added something new to the mix.