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Douglas Coupland Quotes

Florida isn’t so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found Picture Quote #1

I don’t want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I like doing radio because it’s so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you’re inside there heads, not only that, you’re in there laying eggs Picture Quote #1

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it’s a failure Picture Quote #1

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn’t have to bury it down deep within us Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want Picture Quote #1

Long lives aren’t natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin Picture Quote #1

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you Picture Quote #1

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler Picture Quote #1

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away Picture Quote #1

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Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again Picture Quote #1

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it’s seemingly smooth Picture Quote #1

Salad bars are like a restaurant’s lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave Picture Quote #1

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all Picture Quote #1

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them Picture Quote #1

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The modern economy isn’t about the redistribution of wealth, it’s about the redistribution of time Picture Quote #1

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It’s like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill of it actually being meat Picture Quote #1

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can’t. The brain doesn’t process negatives Picture Quote #1

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid Picture Quote #1

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people Picture Quote #1

When we constantly ask for miracles, we’re unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon Picture Quote #1

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You can’t get mad at weather because weather’s not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life Picture Quote #1

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself Picture Quote #1

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are Picture Quote #1

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn’t exist yet. Fate is for losers! Picture Quote #1

Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me Picture Quote #1

It was pivotal in making you but you don’t remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do? Picture Quote #1

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Florida isn’t so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I don’t want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me (Douglas Coupland Quotes) 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 (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I like doing radio because it’s so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you’re inside there heads, not only that, you’re in there laying eggs (Douglas Coupland Quotes) If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it’s a failure (Douglas Coupland Quotes) If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn’t have to bury it down deep within us (Douglas Coupland Quotes) It’s difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Long lives aren’t natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away (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 (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it’s seemingly smooth (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Salad bars are like a restaurant’s lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave (Douglas Coupland Quotes) The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all (Douglas Coupland Quotes) The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them (Douglas Coupland Quotes) The modern economy isn’t about the redistribution of wealth, it’s about the redistribution of time (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It’s like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill of it actually being meat (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can’t. The brain doesn’t process negatives (Douglas Coupland Quotes) We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid (Douglas Coupland Quotes) What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people (Douglas Coupland Quotes) When we constantly ask for miracles, we’re unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon (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 (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn’t exist yet. Fate is for losers! (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me (Douglas Coupland Quotes) It was pivotal in making you but you don’t remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do? (Douglas Coupland Quotes)

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