Douglas Coupland Quotes
Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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I am a Bolshevik.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences.
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There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
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I ask you, people who care about the soul of Ukraine, those who want to preserve the heart, the spirit and the faith of our country for future generations, to please defend it.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
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Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.
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Be ever watchful for the opportunity to shelter little children with the umbrella of your charity; be generous to their schools, their hospitals, and their places of worship. For, as they must bear the burdens of our mistakes, so are they in their innocence the repositories of our hopes for the upward progress of humanity.
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Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing.
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I once had a problem ... so I tried group sex. Now I have a new problem - who to thank.
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Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.
