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Life need not be a story, but it does need to be an adventure.
Douglas Coupland
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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
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Death without the possibility of ever changing the world is the same as a life that never was.
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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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