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I mean five thousand years ago people emerge out of nowhere -sproing!- with brains and everything and begin wrecking the planet. You'd think we'd give the issue a little more thought than we do.
Douglas Coupland
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Douglas Coupland
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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