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Douglas Coupland Inspirational Quotes (203)

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Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They'll be around till the sun goes supernova.
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Only the disenfranchised can party with abandon.
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I ma trying to feel more well adjusted than I really am, which is, I guess, the human condition.
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People will always choose more money over more sex
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I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic.
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Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.
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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
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Purchased experiences don't count.
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Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes.
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I mean five thousand years ago people emerge out of nowhere -sproing!- with brains and everything and begin wrecking the planet. You'd think we'd give the issue a little more thought than we do.
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I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
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Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.
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We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid.
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New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.
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Sometimes I think God is like weather - you may not like the weather, but it has nothing to do with you. You just happen to be there. Deal with it. Sadness and grief are part of being human and always will be.
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Technology favors horrible people.
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Chronocanine Envy: Sadness experienced when one realized that, unlike one's dog, one cannot live only in the present tense. As Kierkegaard said, Life must be lived forward.
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I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts.
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Life need not be a story, but it does need to be an adventure.
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The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.
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We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.
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The more you want something to happen, the harder it becomes.
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A ring is a halo on your finger.
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The heart of a man is like deep water
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