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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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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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 love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.
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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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I'm a joker who has understood his epoch and has extracted all he possibly could from the stupidity, greed and vanity of his contemporaries.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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I have been hit by the Americans and tortured. I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body.
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Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.
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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.
