Douglas Coupland Quotes
There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
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Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.
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You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.
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Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.
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Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.
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It's true you never know the full depth of a parent's touch in your life until they're gone. Even if you cared for them in their old age, there's never a way to prepare yourself for the death of a parent.
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There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.
