Douglas Coupland Quotes
I was so beautiful when I was young. And I took so few photos because I felt so skinny and ugly. I wish I'd just taken a few more shots.
Quotes to Explore
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Mr. Balanchine wanted me to be myself. He didn't want me to look like anyone else. I love teaching our company dancers the Balanchine ballets. I try to give them what was passed down to me and what I learned from him. They dance it so beautifully. It also keeps me close to Mr. Balanchine. He's with me every single day.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.
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The problem with technology, as with fashion, is that it's impossible to be 'in' forever.
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I grew up with a single mother who brought us up. I always look back at my career, and everything that has happened to me is because of the support of women. My mother, my sister, Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton - all these women have believed in my designs and worn them and given me a platform to increase my visibility.
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I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.
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I was so beautiful when I was young. And I took so few photos because I felt so skinny and ugly. I wish I'd just taken a few more shots.
