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Douglas Coupland Quotes

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Failure Genuine Real Pure Being

I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is.

Think Back Sometimes Theme Going

I love bringing the inanimate object to life.

Life Love Object I Love Inanimate

On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.

Love Day Weather Chair I Can Right

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

Work Reflection Values Chosen Use

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise.

Simon Greenleaf

Law Face Party Burden Genuine

But once you have satisfied your material needs, which I think every wealth creator should - the house, the car, the plane, the boat - what comes next?

Car Boat Think You Wealth House

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

Success Wonderful Success Is

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin

Live Society Dead Troublemakers

If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing.

Life Family Losing Me You Squad

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'

Best Day People Me Believe Think

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

Happy Me Game Loved Remember Play

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

Great People Comedy You Situation

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