Douglas Coupland Quotes
I think about how I think I know a person then 'poof!' I discover I only knew a cartoon version. Suddenly there's this fleshy, demanding, noisy creature in front of me, unknowable and just as lost as I am, and equally unable to remember that every soul in the world is hurting, not just themselves.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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We are working on the basis it is a kidnapping.
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If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.
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Britain is the epicentre of financial fraud. Most major players outsource their fraud here because London is the unregulated cesspit of global finance.
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The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world consisted of mere supplicants and bit players.
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I think about how I think I know a person then 'poof!' I discover I only knew a cartoon version. Suddenly there's this fleshy, demanding, noisy creature in front of me, unknowable and just as lost as I am, and equally unable to remember that every soul in the world is hurting, not just themselves.
