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I think individual people are interesting, not really groups of people.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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just then a bee bumbled above us and stole our attention the way flying things can
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Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it.
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Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
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Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.
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