Douglas Coupland Quotes

It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FunBrainYouLookBackNobody

The rich don't work for money - the rich invent money.

Robert Kiyosaki

WorkMoneyRichInvent

When you can't change what's bothering you, one typical response is to convince yourself that it doesn't actually bother you.

Stephanie Coontz

ChangeYourselfYouConvinceBother

I like the spreads - designing them is a welcome challenge - but for a dyed-in-the-wool page-a-day journeyman like me, it can be tough to leave a drawing unfinished at the end of the workday.

Stuart Immonen

ChallengeWelcomeMeToughEndLike

The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really philosophically believe in solo records.

Steven Van Zandt

PoliticsBelieveWhyPersonalReason

Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is everybody else's pain.

Tom Hiddleston

ChildrenPainSpaceEgoConnection

It's very easy to unite a party around opposition or wanting to get the White House back. That's a unifying message, and you're seeing the Democrats uniting around being the party of 'no' and the party of 'resist.'

Ronna McDaniel

EasyYouSeeingBackHouseParty

Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.

Roh Moo-hyun

PastHideEventsIn The PastAvoid

The French consider themselves the guardians of the world's culture and do not bother to hide the fact, which is annoying, but Paris is still where good Americans want to go when they die - and Brits, Russians, and Chinese as well, these days.

Michael Korda

GoodCultureWorldDieHideParis

Behind Chipotle is not a corporation; behind Chipotle is a man that is one of the great cooks, that created a great concept.

Jose Andres

GreatManBehindCreatedConcept

I always try and give a good example to children who follow me.

Diego Godin

GoodChildrenMeTryFollowAlways

I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

Christopher McQuarrie

LoveYouOverWatchWhereDifferent

Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed.

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

GovernmentWarConsentWouldOur

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