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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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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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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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations.
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Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.
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Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.
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I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.
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We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.
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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.
