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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Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
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I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.
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Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer.
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I've met some of the most interesting, dimensional, and kind people of my life in that subculture and around the sport. And it seems to me that boxing is one of those structures that is designed to promote harmony. I think that it is a stove that contains that fire in us and makes it safe and useful.
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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.
