"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do."

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Source : Douglas Coupland (2012). “Life After God”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

Douglas Coupland

#Care Quotes #Persons Quotes

“I would not be a rose upon the wall A queen might stop at, near the palace-door, To say to a courtier, "Pluck that rose for me, It's prettier than the rest." O Romney Leigh! I'd rather far be trodden by his foot, Than lie in a great queen's bosom.”
“Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.”

Source : "Helms Takes New Swipe at Clinton, Then Calls It Mistake" by Steven Greenhouse, www.nytimes.com. November 23, 1994.
“I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.”
“However, the resources at our people's disposal are very few and we require assistance from the neighboring Arab countries, and for weapons in order to fight the enemy.”
“Food is an important lens onto the civil rights movement. One of the central issues of the movement was the right to eat in places that served the public. This battle led to the lunch counter sit-ins, which became embattled, contested places.”
“Thatâ€™s what you taught me - we donâ€™t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.”
“There's always another right answer.”
“Living in the middle of beautiy like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect and right and healthy? But we can spoil His good work. When we mess things up, then we shouldn't blame Him and try to make ourselves feel better by contending that it's what He wanted.”

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