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Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.
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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And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world.
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Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.
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I'm an adult. Discipline me and I'll bury you alive. - Roger
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