Douglas Coupland Quotes
I don't like telephones: I don't like when they ring. Just because it rings, you have to pick it up. I don't even like opening mail; I'm weird.
Quotes to Explore
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I studied Morse code.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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I want to win football games.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.
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My #1 driving force is my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Also my family, my wife and children.
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With the wacky jokes that we do on 'Great News,' you do overall still want to be coming from a place of truth with your character because, otherwise, it's just off the walls.
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My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.
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I don't like telephones: I don't like when they ring. Just because it rings, you have to pick it up. I don't even like opening mail; I'm weird.
