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It's never felt more Canadian to be Canadian than it does now.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Douglas Campbell Coupland
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If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.
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The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I'm kidding. But killing helps.
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Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.
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Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
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Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!
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Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.
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Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
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Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.
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