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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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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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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I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
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If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species.
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Teasing is often healthy and fun, not to mention an important part of interpersonal and individual development. But when it's abused, 'just kidding' contains a disturbing logic: If I didn't mean it, it didn't happen.
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“No matter how silly you feel or uncool you look, no matter how small that voice inside you is, that voice telling you something isn’t right: listen to it.”
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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.
