Douglas Coupland Quotes
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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
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You have to offer a product that creates an environment that captures donations, but at the end of the day, it's not the environment that draws in the money but the cause.
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Many of the most science-fictional tools to fight climate change are untested, are almost impossible to truly test at planetary scale - we only have one planet after all. We're better off cutting our emissions so we don't need them.
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When I'm anchoring, I miss chasing stories in the field.
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There's a level of self-hatred in giving these people too much power. They're sorry. They're corny. They're hateful. They need some help. Help is on the way. We'll help them whether they like it or not.
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Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.
