Douglas Coupland Quotes

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.

Megan Smith

SchoolThinkImportantKindergarten

At Real Madrid, I did heading drills with Cristiano Ronaldo. You see him go up for headers, that spring and power - he is a real beast. At Juventus, I saw Fernando Llorente, how he finds space and directs his headers.

Alvaro Morata

PowerSpaceSpringYouBeastGo

Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.

Tom Colicchio

FoodSchoolPeoplePoliticalProblem

I'm not in any rush to get anywhere. There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants longevity, don't they? It's a career. Why be that flash-in-the-pan, taking every job out of worry it'll soon be over?

Ruth Negga

JobPressureWorryCareerWhyOver

I take a lot of pride in managing to be funny without having a victim at the end of my joke. I laugh at a really dark joke as much as the next person, but my jokes, I feel, don't have to hurt anybody to be really funny.

Ross Mathews

FunnyHurtPrideEndFeelLaugh

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled.

Michael Nesmith

PeopleSongCreateWantGroupMore

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

Dick Gephardt

DemocracyInternetVotingWillMore

There isn't a switch that I turn on. I'm an actor. This is what I do.

Anthony Anderson

ActorTurnSwitch

I have been told I say 'shucks' quite frequently... Shucks, I'll have to work on that.

Aubrey Peeples

WorkSayBeenQuiteFrequently

I go on benders where I just exercise like a maniac. And then I go on benders where I just can only take baths. Like, I have to lay down to bathe, and I could go on that for six months.

Sharon Stone

ExerciseDownGoTakeWhereJust

I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.

Kim Wilde

MusicEnjoyListenRadioPopStill

If you bring a child into this world, whether it's planned or an accident, you'd better make sure you can care for it. You have to be around. You make time. It's as simple as that.

Julian Lennon

TimeSimpleChildWorldCareBetter

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