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Shopping is Not Creating.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
Artist
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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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just then a bee bumbled above us and stole our attention the way flying things can
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I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
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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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Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you.
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