Douglas Coupland Quotes

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly.

Joe Dempsie

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I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

Mel Gibson

ExperienceStrongerYouBitterMake

Donald intends to represent all the people, not just some of the people. That includes Christians and Jews and Muslims; it includes Hispanics and African Americans and Asians, and the poor and the middle-class. Throughout his career, Donald has successfully worked with people of many faiths and with many nations.

Melania Trump

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I like to try to hit all of my dives.

Troy Dumais

TryLikeHit

The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The administration should be working to increase our surveillance of BSE, not scaling it back.

Rosa DeLauro

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I want to be able to be looked back on and know that he was one of the greats in the game.

Jason Day

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I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

Jose Aldo

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I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great.

Don Nelson

GreatThingsNoneLotThem

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.

Dick Gregory

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Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

Paul Theroux

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The Germans call him 'Our Shakespeare' because we love him.

Sebastian Koch

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The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

Len Goodman

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