Douglas Coupland Quotes
I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger.
Douglas Coupland
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.
Kate Beckinsale
My personality is extremely unbalanced.
Walter O'Brien
I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
Abigail Disney
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
Yair Lapid
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
A line has to have a certain number of syllables, and the next line has to be its mirror image.
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That's who my mom is. She's a listener and a doer. She's a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So, this November, I'm voting for a woman who is my role model, as a mother, and as an advocate. A woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children.
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Love your job, stay punctual, and appreciate everything!
Liu Wen
I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity or whatever, because it's as if they can't get past their emotions, and in their rage they become as faith-driven as the beliefs they criticise. I always said they give scientists a bad name. After all, science has to be about asking unthinkable questions, not closing down debate.
Scarlett Thomas
You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.
Howard Baker
I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger.
Douglas Coupland
