Douglas Coupland Quotes

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one.

Jennifer Coolidge

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For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Jeffery Deaver

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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

John Stuart Mill

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To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.

Stephen Rodrick

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There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

Tom Stoppard

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We need to pray for our brethren around the world.

Monica Johnson

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The problem was with Bill Clinton, the scandals and rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out.

Louis Freeh

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I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through.

Jorja Smith

WriteThroughExperiencesSeenBeen

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.

Dean Smith

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Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience.

David Thewlis

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Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

William Hague

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Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

Pierce Brosnan

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