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Douglas Coupland Quotes

I've never gone on Facebook or MySpace.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Never Gone Facebook Myspace

I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.

Myself Think Early Stop Bed Try

What I've learned in my career as an actor is that you're only as good as your collaborators. The process is many things, but it is wholly collaborative, particularly with something like 'Westworld,' which is a 10-episode-per-season gig, and we're just now on the 7th episode.

Good Process You Career Now Actor

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.

Andy Goldsworthy

Worst See Leave Abandoned Split

The academic Left has a long history of taking the idea of 'false consciousness' seriously.

History Long Seriously Academic Left

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.

War End Powerful Special Will Real

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

Business Money Making Money Opera

When everything does seem out of control, writing fiction is a way I can order that chaos and restore some sort of meaning. I like the playful aspect of writing fiction. You know how it is when we are kids and we make up our worlds: You be this guy, and I am going to be this guy, and we are going to go slay dragons.

I Am Chaos Writing Control Meaning

I was really scared to make this album and to make this song. Because I didn't want to talk about it. For me, it's even deeper than just '1-800.' 'Everybody' as a whole... I was terrified.

Me Song Want Talk Scared Whole

I've always said that if anything - whether it was film or television - was something I responded to, then I was open to it.

Television Said Always Open Anything

Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

Daily History Ethics Prison Sense

Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity.

Change Reality Trying Stop Eliminate

I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.

Power Money People Me Control End

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