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Douglas Coupland Quotes

Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Sad Christmas Everything Twice Makes

It's been 35 years since I left school. Almost nine of them were in government; all the rest were in the private sector. And I've proven over time to be a great leader.

Leader Great Time Government School

To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

Robert Griffin III

Fight People Me Think Fighting You

I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America.

Matthew Heineman

Fire Rest Think America Look Escape

It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are.

Cool See Pretty Different Like How

I tend to be an all-in-type of guy, so I get in a zone to write, and then that's all I do. I'll spend eight hours doing nothing but chasing that one song. That's what works for me.

Me Song Doing Nothing Write Guy

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

City You House Build Personal Opera

My audition for 'Dhoom Machale Dhoom' was the turning point of my life.

Life My Life Point Turning Point

I love the action movies. I would love to be part of those.

Love Action Movies Would Part Those

When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is that shock: 'Oh man, I'm an orphan.' There's also this relief: It's done; it's finished; it's over.

Father Mother Man Think Parent Done

The 'economy' became a god such as never before, and a happy, successful society was one that could please this god - sometimes by sacrificing beautiful things - to keep the deity from getting angry and harming the people by withdrawing favours.

God Beautiful Angry Happy People

I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.

Swimming Think Cuba Florida Without

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Arthur Henderson

War World Civilization Prosperity

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