Douglas Coupland Quotes

Characters in a book are very much like personalities divvied up within a family. In the end, it all averages out to a sort of overall averageness.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth.

Jim Coleman

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I can open up any can of worms and get people upset.

Andy Kindler

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The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

Alvin Dark

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Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life.

Tony Evans

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Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

Jose Aldo

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A job is something you do for money. Your life's work is done for a bigger purpose... And when you manage to find that work - that's when it starts feeling like play.

Chip Gaines

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Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.

Piyush Goyal

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Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

Phoebe Robinson

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Whenever I start a project, I have a broad range of possibilities.

Shaun Tan

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Bell Biv Devoe, back in the day, we used to look up to them. They had incredible style back then, so we wanted to be like them.

Tionne Watkins

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I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked.

Mark Roberts

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Broadway, in my opinion, is a microcosm of America. Those challenges that we have in our country, I think we still have those challenges on the Broadway stage. I think there are far too few African-American directors working on Broadway.

Kenny Leon

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