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Douglas Coupland Quotes

I'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Good Art People You Look

I am very good at remembering music and am absolutely certain that I never heard 'Taurus' until 2014.

Jimmy Page

Good Music I Am Never Remembering

I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.

Joe R. Lansdale

Reputation Think Worrying Built

I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

Joan Jett

Job Feel Torch Carry I Feel Like

If you're a set of guys looking to start a company, think about women you could team up with - they will see things differently and solve problems you didn't even realize you had.

Andrew Yang

Women Team Looking Start Think You

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

Robert Hass

Writing Process Discovery Incessant

I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.

Michael J. Fox

Creative Connection Movies Hard Made

I love playing football. So I go out to play football, and I don't really feel pressure. Of course, there are some days when things just don't work out as well as they do on other days, but that doesn't have anything to do with pressure.

Mesut Ozil

Work Love Football Pressure Feel Go

If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready to the point where you can play it on a short rehearsal, after a long plane flight, on a strange piano, having had an unpleasant lunch, in an unfriendly atmosphere. You have to be so over-prepared that you can cope with anything.

Stephen Hough

Good Music Lunch Short Enough You

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.

Roger Bannister

Family Great People Small Village

Bun E.'s a member of the band, but he's not touring, and he's not recording... We've had our differences, but we're all settled up now, and hopefully we can forget about that era. These decisions that Cheap Trick makes, Bun E. is part of.

Robin Zander

Decisions Differences Forget Now Up

Lie to Me' is one of the smartest shows on TV. We have something different, unique and new to say to the audience that they're not going to get from any other show.

Monica Raymund

Lie Me Unique New Say Audience

The studio is spending great amounts of money, and they want some insurance they will get money back. They go for the middle of the road, broad in appeal. It's restrictive. It's a constant struggle, but if you give in, you're just making cottage cheese, and that's the end of it.

Brian Helgeland

Great Money Struggle Road End You