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Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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Inasmuch as I am a spiritual man, I do believe in God - I think that He created an order for the world I believe that, in constantly bombarding Him with requests for miracles, we're also asking that He unravel the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would be a cartoon, not a world.
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just then a bee bumbled above us and stole our attention the way flying things can
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I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life they merely get used to it.
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The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.
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I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.
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Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.
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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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I like having a beard. My beard changes my face shape and allows me to see in it family members who I love and can't see otherwise.
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