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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
Artist
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Fashion Designer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Douglas Campbell Coupland
Nature
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Everything
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Chipper
Blood
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