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Douglas Coupland Quotes

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Family Knowledge History People Care

Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.

Sondra Radvanovsky

Age Better Getting Better Seem Get

I was on the board of Teach for America. And we transformed a failed public school system in the City of New Orleans, probably the most corrupted and failed system in the country.

School City America Country New

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.

Live Today History Architecture Name

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.

Success Great Africa Would Route

One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.

Milton Friedman

Man Statesmanship Another

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

Dog Pet Me Hand Right Paint

I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.'

Life Work I Am Me Writing Burn

As a newcomer to America who learned to 'speak American' by watching movies, I firmly believe that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change culture - the way we portray undocumented people like me and our role in society.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Change Culture Politics People Me

We've done very different Yes albums - 11 bars, 13. I think we had something that had 17/4 in it. It's just like anything - the more you do it, the more you have to do it.

Think You Done More Yes Anything

I'm going to obviously do my best as a father to set a good example for my children, and I want them to see good examples from our leaders.

Good Father Children Best Want See

I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn't going to do one.

Mind Book You Want Take Going

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.

People World Think Learn Injustice

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