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Douglas Coupland quotes: Hi! I'm Ethan, I shop at Ikea. I bought a $300 dining suite and it took me three days to assemble! Hi! I'm Ethan, I shop at Ikea. I bought a $300 dining suite and it took me three days to assemble!
Douglas Coupland quotes: Those were big years, big times. Those were big years, big times.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable. I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.
Douglas Coupland quotes: If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
Douglas Coupland quotes: We'll go to a place that's quiet and dry and talk about precious things. We'll go to a place that's quiet and dry and talk about precious things.
Douglas Coupland quotes: It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day. It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.
Douglas Coupland quotes: It is indeed a mistake to confuse children with angels It is indeed a mistake to confuse children with angels
Douglas Coupland quotes: You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life. You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I miss the silliness of the Nineties. What would society be like if 9/11 never happened? If that silliness was extended forever? I miss the silliness of the Nineties. What would society be like if 9/11 never happened? If that silliness was extended forever?
Douglas Coupland quotes: Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Where does personality end and brain damage begin? Where does personality end and brain damage begin?
Douglas Coupland quotes: I'm not a hoarder, I'm a collector: if you have something you like, every time you see it, you have a little happy hit. I'm not a hoarder, I'm a collector: if you have something you like, every time you see it, you have a little happy hit.
Douglas Coupland quotes: People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.
Douglas Coupland quotes: At meetings you have to explain what you've accomplished, so naturally you fluff up your work a bit, like pillows on a couch. At meetings you have to explain what you've accomplished, so naturally you fluff up your work a bit, like pillows on a couch.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Please, God, don't let Warren be cheap. I'm too young to discuss coupons. Please, God, don't let Warren be cheap. I'm too young to discuss coupons.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die. The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.' I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.'
Douglas Coupland quotes: Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car. Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think God is how you deal with everything that's out of your own control. I think God is how you deal with everything that's out of your own control.
Douglas Coupland quotes: If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater? If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?
Douglas Coupland quotes: We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die. We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho. I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho.
Douglas Coupland quotes: It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments. It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Jesus, Neal, watching you eat with a spork is like seeing Helen Keller at a ladies' afternoon tea. Jesus, Neal, watching you eat with a spork is like seeing Helen Keller at a ladies' afternoon tea.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.
Douglas Coupland quotes: In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75. In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo. Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.
Douglas Coupland quotes: There is no shame in impulse. There is no shame in impulse.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Dag insists that all dogs secretly speak the English language and subscribe to the morals and beliefs of the Unitarian church ... Dag insists that all dogs secretly speak the English language and subscribe to the morals and beliefs of the Unitarian church ...
Douglas Coupland quotes: Los Angelenos dress like they've been focus-grouped. Los Angelenos dress like they've been focus-grouped.
Douglas Coupland quotes: People are leaky. People are leaky.
Douglas Coupland quotes: New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108. New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The sixties are like a theme park to them. They wear the costume, buy their tickets, and they have the experience. The sixties are like a theme park to them. They wear the costume, buy their tickets, and they have the experience.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The best part of my life is gone, and what remains is whizzing past so quickly I feel like I'm Krazy-Glue'ed onto a mechanical bull of a time machine. The best part of my life is gone, and what remains is whizzing past so quickly I feel like I'm Krazy-Glue'ed onto a mechanical bull of a time machine.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them. The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them.
Douglas Coupland quotes: A rich man is always simply a rich man, but a rich woman is only a poor woman who just happens to have money. A rich man is always simply a rich man, but a rich woman is only a poor woman who just happens to have money.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock. I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think writing would have happened to me anyway, somehow. Differently, but it still would have happened. I think writing would have happened to me anyway, somehow. Differently, but it still would have happened.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes. Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters. Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Star Trek characters never go shopping. Star Trek characters never go shopping.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Characters in a book are very much like personalities divvied up within a family. In the end, it all averages out to a sort of overall averageness. Characters in a book are very much like personalities divvied up within a family. In the end, it all averages out to a sort of overall averageness.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again. Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I was sick of wanting money. I was sick of being without a goal. I was sick of wanting money. I was sick of being without a goal.
Douglas Coupland quotes: My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking. My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I grew up with three brothers, so nearly everything I had was destroyed or made fun of. I grew up with three brothers, so nearly everything I had was destroyed or made fun of.
Douglas Coupland quotes: We really ought to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for doing as well as we have in a universe of constant media change and mutation. We really ought to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for doing as well as we have in a universe of constant media change and mutation.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Nostalgia for the 20th century brain helps nobody. Nostalgia for the 20th century brain helps nobody.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Beware of the corporate invasion of private memory. Beware of the corporate invasion of private memory.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think that emotions affect you as much as x-rays and vitamins and car crashes. I think that emotions affect you as much as x-rays and vitamins and car crashes.
Douglas Coupland quotes: For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised ever again. For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised ever again.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Eroticize intelligence. Eroticize intelligence.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Do you ever just want to take your car out onto the highway and gun the engine as fastas you can and then close your eyes and see what happens? Do you ever just want to take your car out onto the highway and gun the engine as fast
as you can and then close your eyes and see what happens?
Douglas Coupland quotes: To bring order into this jangled sphere man must find its centre Marshall McLuhan To bring order into this jangled sphere man must find its centre Marshall McLuhan
Douglas Coupland quotes: What's a bar bill but a surtax on reality? What's a bar bill but a surtax on reality?
Douglas Coupland quotes: Jason said, "Yes. Gerard T. Giraffe."What does the 'T' stand for?" 'The. Jason said, "Yes. Gerard T. Giraffe."
What does the 'T' stand for?"
'The.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic. I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being. Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
Douglas Coupland quotes: So much information lacks a good way to store it, especially when it's all digital; sometimes it requires old technology to go back and retrieve it. So much information lacks a good way to store it, especially when it's all digital; sometimes it requires old technology to go back and retrieve it.
Douglas Coupland quotes: What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I don't remember where I was before I was born, why should I be worried about where I go after I die? I don't remember where I was before I was born, why should I be worried about where I go after I die?
Douglas Coupland quotes: The 1990s felt like the 1990s in a real and good way. The 1990s felt like the 1990s in a real and good way.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I thought it would be such a sick joke to have to remain to be alive for decades and not believe in or feel anything. I thought it would be such a sick joke to have to remain to be alive for decades and not believe in or feel anything.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Christmas makes everything twice as sad. Christmas makes everything twice as sad.
Douglas Coupland quotes: BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes. BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The universe is indeed a beautiful place. If you doubt me, go check for yourself. The universe is indeed a beautiful place. If you doubt me, go check for yourself.
Douglas Coupland quotes: It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you. It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity. Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think the killers get far too much attention. I think the killers get far too much attention.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you. Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure. Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member. I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
Douglas Coupland quotes: To acknowledge God is to fully accept the sorrow of the human condition. To acknowledge God is to fully accept the sorrow of the human condition.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think there is a Paris inside us all. I think there is a Paris inside us all.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The less of a life, the more mail you need The less of a life, the more mail you need
Douglas Coupland quotes: Las Vegas is a SimCity game gone horribly wrong. Las Vegas is a SimCity game gone horribly wrong.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships. Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living. I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit. Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common. Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
Douglas Coupland quotes: You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely. You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward. I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Always keep your mouth shut with a drunk. You can never win with piss tanks. The most you can hope for is to break even. Always keep your mouth shut with a drunk. You can never win with piss tanks. The most you can hope for is to break even.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Wilcox Fate is for losers. Wilcox Fate is for losers.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species. The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me. I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I think we're simply going to run out of Nature before we have a chance to destroy it. I think we're simply going to run out of Nature before we have a chance to destroy it.
Douglas Coupland quotes: If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you? It'll still be happening to an unchanged person. If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you? It'll still be happening to an unchanged person.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I like having a beard. My beard changes my face shape and allows me to see in it family members who I love and can't see otherwise. I like having a beard. My beard changes my face shape and allows me to see in it family members who I love and can't see otherwise.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The urge to reincarnate while still alive is near universal. The urge to reincarnate while still alive is near universal.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Keep your treasure to yourself. Keep your treasure to yourself.
Douglas Coupland quotes: A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it. A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.
Douglas Coupland quotes: The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I'm kidding. But killing helps. The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I'm kidding. But killing helps.
Douglas Coupland quotes: A good piece of technology dreams of the day when it will be replaced by a newer piece of technology. This is one definition of progress. A good piece of technology dreams of the day when it will be replaced by a newer piece of technology. This is one definition of progress.
Douglas Coupland quotes: I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it. I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again. Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.
Douglas Coupland quotes: My house. It's kind of eccentric. It's two decades worth of accumulated personal projects. Yeah, it is pretty dense in my house. My house. It's kind of eccentric. It's two decades worth of accumulated personal projects. Yeah, it is pretty dense in my house.
Douglas Coupland quotes: Adventure without risk is Disneyland. Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

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