Douglas Coupland Quotes
I'm pro-forwards. Do I want the Seventies to come back? No. The haircuts were terrible. Everyone stank. The food was awful.
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I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.
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I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.
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I always wanted to be a mom.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.
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Being a part of the 'Twilight' phenomenon was life-changing; there is a whole other world of 'Twilight' fandom!
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The one cool thing about being underground is that it gives you such freedom. You have to be so on top of it, releasing singles all the time, doing videos all the time, and I don't know if I'm ready to give up that freedom.
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It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each story took so long and took so much out of me, that when I finished it, I was like, Oh my gosh, I feel like I've poured everything from myself into this, and then I'd get depressed for a week. And then once I was ready to write a new story, I would want to write about something that was completely different, so I would search for a totally different character with a different set of circumstances.
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Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
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I'm pro-forwards. Do I want the Seventies to come back? No. The haircuts were terrible. Everyone stank. The food was awful.
