Douglas Coupland Quotes

Given the infinite number of coincidences that could happen, very few ever actually do. The universe exists in a coincidence-hating state of anti-fluke.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life.

John Lasseter

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Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it or embrace it.

Jeff Dunham

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I didn't go to film school; I studied fine art - I learned how to be a filmmaker on everybody else's money.

Steve Carr

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When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would long for the lunch hour, when I would be able to escape the torture of the office and stroll over to the churchyard and into the comforting wooden embrace of one of its benches.

Tom Hodgkinson

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The fans are nuts. They are wild. They have the Patriots' back no matter what.

Rob Gronkowski

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You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living.

Ry Cooder

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Whoever it was who said that to philosophize is an exercise in dying was right in more ways than one, for by writing a book, nobody gets younger.

Joseph Brodsky

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In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals.

David Viscott

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Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

Pete Seeger

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Vegas is the best place to go out. You can't stay more than two nights, but everything is so big and grand.

Shanina Shaik

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The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Thomas Reid

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I believe that we are missing a great opportunity. We as Republicans are not really emphasizing what brings us together, and that's conservative values: love of the country. Love of family. Personal responsibility. Hard work. Optimism. Those are the things that we should be communicating to Latinos, and we're doing that very poorly.

Lionel Sosa

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