Douglas Coupland Quotes
I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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What's really good is African drum music.
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It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.
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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.
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Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.
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The only reason courage exists is because sometimes it is required.
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I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.
