Douglas Coupland Quotes
My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.
Quotes to Explore
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.
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They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
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In Italy there's perhaps a little less space than in Spain, but there's certainly as much sunshine.
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In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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A lot of people assume I have a great hat collection, but kids steal my hats at every show. I've had all these hats that I've loved, but now they're in some little kids' possession. It's difficult to replenish. I don't think the kids realize this.
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I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever.
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...and gradually his face assumed the expressions which are so often found among rich people - the expressions of discontent, of sickliness, of displeasure, of idleness, of lovelessness. Slowly the soul sickness of the rich crept over him.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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I think that overall, ultimately the impact of advertisers calling the shots is a more cloying, complacent culture. For example, it was just announced that Unilever is branding environmental content at The Guardian. How radical or pointed can that content be?
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My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.
