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What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn’t changed all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember where I am or when I am, I still feel that same way I did when I woke up at the age of five.
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Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives.
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The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
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You've seen what you've seen you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world.
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How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?
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Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words.
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The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I'm kidding. But killing helps.
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Christmas makes everything twice as sad.
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I saw doves and I thought they were rocks, but they were asleep. My breath made them stir, and they rocks took flight, the earth exploding... and my only thought was that I wanted you to see them, too.
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Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
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Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective.
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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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