Douglas Coupland Quotes
What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
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I like things simple.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.
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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.
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The usual reason companies are funded or valued on the stock market for not having a current profit is because the investors believe there will be a future profit.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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I just think that people should be in charge of their own bodies.
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What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.
