Douglas Coupland Quotes
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I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.
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I am a Zionist.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
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As a society, we've evolved, and we've recognized that the American family structure has undergone enormous changes. Divorce is all around us, and who among us doesn't know someone who is divorced or has been impacted by divorce. It's not as scandalous as it was.
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It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.
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Me a TV star? I've got to be the luckiest guy in the world.
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Star Trek characters never go shopping.
