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There's nothing at the center of what we do...No center. It doesn't exist. All of us-look at our lives: We have an acceptable level of affluence. We have entertainment. We have a relative freedom from fear. But there's nothing else.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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