Douglas Coupland Quotes
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

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I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites.
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The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.
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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male and the American female... Terrible and impossible.
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The original text of New York is all below Chambers Street.
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Rushing around can be a pointless diversion from actually living your life.
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Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it come quiet thoughts and quickened memories. And what else shall a man do except become reconciled? What purpose does he serve by fighting what he cannot touch or by brooding upon what he cannot change?
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
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If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.