Douglas Coupland Quotes
The Internet has made me very casual with a level of omniscience that was unthinkable a decade ago. I now wonder if God gets bored knowing the answer to everything.
Quotes to Explore
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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To keep the five guys who hate you away from the other five guys who are undecided.
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All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.
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For DC, I'm working on the new 'Red Lanterns' and 'JLA Dark.' Both of these are very different books, which is great for me. I've heard 'JLA Dark' described as a team of people with supernatural powers - but that's only half the story.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.
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The Internet has made me very casual with a level of omniscience that was unthinkable a decade ago. I now wonder if God gets bored knowing the answer to everything.
