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Las Vegas is a SimCity game gone horribly wrong.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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Douglas Campbell Coupland
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And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn’t changed all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember where I am or when I am, I still feel that same way I did when I woke up at the age of five.
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After my brush with the suicidal impulse, I listen with new ears to others when they speak on the subject. I think there are people who were born with that little door open, and they have to go through life knowing that they might jump through it at any moment.
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I'm an adult. Discipline me and I'll bury you alive. - Roger
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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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Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.
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Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!
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I think of how people can betray me simply by not caring enough to hide the fact of how little they care.I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
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Happy. And then I got afraid that it would vanish as quickly as it came. That it was accidental-- that I didn't deserve it. It's like this very, very nice car crash that never ends.
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Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
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Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.
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I find people who prejudge reality TV to be annoying. Art comes from anywhere. Culture can ooze out of any crack. Prejudging is the death of creativity.
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Every single moment is a coincidence.
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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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When you grow up these days, you're told you're going to have four or five different careers during your lifetime. But what they don't tell you is that you're also going to be four or five different people along the way.
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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
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Sometimes I think God is like weather - you may not like the weather, but it has nothing to do with you. You just happen to be there. Deal with it. Sadness and grief are part of being human and always will be.
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Quick. Name ten dead redheads.
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Purchased experiences don't count.
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Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.
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Jason said, Yes. Gerard T. Giraffe. What does the 'T' stand for? 'The.
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