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It'd be preposterous for me to propose a universal cure to loneliness but I will say that people who do the things they find interesting, either creatively or vocationally, tend to become unlonely very quickly.
Douglas Coupland
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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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