Douglas Coupland Quotes
Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I am the protector of all lives. I am present even before the creation. I am prime God.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.
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You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.
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In the midst of possible world war, of wholesale destruction, I find my only question this: are there enough people now who believe? Is there time enough left for the wise to act? It is a contest between ignorance and death, or wisdom and life. My faith in humanity stands firm.
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Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
