Douglas Coupland Quotes

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Douglas Coupland

Profession : Author

Birth : December 30, 1961

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

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High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

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The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.

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There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

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We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

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You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

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In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

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Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

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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.

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Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.

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It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

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Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

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Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.

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Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.

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If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.

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You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

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Fate is for losers.

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I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the 11th never happened.

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Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

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Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

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