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People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.
Douglas Coupland
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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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Douglas Campbell Coupland
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You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog.
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Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!
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just then a bee bumbled above us and stole our attention the way flying things can
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Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
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