Canadian - Author | December 30, 1961 -
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.
Douglas Coupland
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Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.
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Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.
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It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.
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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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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.
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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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On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.
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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.
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Where does personality end and brain damage begin?
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Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.
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Purchased experiences don't count.
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