Douglas Coupland Quotes

Bespoke tailoring: yes! I found this one pair of pants - they're Canali - and brought them into a tailor and said, 'Clone these, dammit.' They just do all the right things. I've got eight pairs in different colors and I never have to think about pants again. The only look otherwise that suits me is, like, the Professor from 'Gilligan's Island.'

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 30, 1961

Topics

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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Jesse Jackson

LeadershipChangeCourageTimeDoes

Younger guy are attracted to a strong quality.

Jennifer Coolidge

QualityStrongGuyYoungerAttracted

Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.

Andrew Solomon

ParentingSportPerfectionists

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

May Sarton

AloneLonelinessSolitudeSelf

Resilient people recognize that no matter how bad the circumstances are, their situation could always be worse. They don't allow themselves to exaggerate how terrible their problems are, and they don't run around predicting how much worse things are going to get. Instead, they view failure with an accurate perspective.

Amy Morin

FailurePerspectivePeopleProblems

And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.

Sibel Edmonds

WayStartedWorkingTranslationMost

I'm going to gut you like a fish.

Mike Tyson

FishYouGutGoingLike

Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable.

Miranda Otto

WomanYouYoungSometimesMore

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

Miles Heizer

ChildrenBadKentuckyWhereSome

We spent a month in LA using a pool of musicians, a string arranger called Benjamin Wright, some great backing singers, and it gave tracks like Dynamite, which was written there, that kind of flavour.

Jay Kay

GreatMusiciansPoolKindMonth

I find it very easy to love because I grew up in such a loving family.

Donna Air

FamilyLoveEasyLovingFindUp

Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will only come by working together and demonstrating mutual respect.

Doug Ducey

RespectWorking TogetherTogether

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