Douglas Coupland Quotes

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.

John Fahey

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I both love and do not love; and am mad and not mad.

Anacreon

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The United Nations was founded 70 years ago, at the end of World War II. Since that time, Japan has steadfastly walked the path of peace and rebuilt a nation. And, since the mid-1950s onward, we have actively worked to share our experience of development with other nations, especially in Asia.

Shinzo Abe

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When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do.

Roland Emmerich

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Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth.

Roy Barnes

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Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth.

Diane Hendricks

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Music is 80 percent fun and 20 percent work. Video games, for me, is all fun.

Deadmau5

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The military is diverse and large, and it's public: it serves a public function; it serves a public duty.

Chelsea Manning

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I've never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever.

Columbus Short

WomanHandsNeverEverPhysically

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

Clarence Clemons

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You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

Chuck Hagel

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I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

Sheldon Adelson

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