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Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Born: Dec 30, 1961
Because Life People Think Time You
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Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos. Douglas Coupland
Blame Sense Chaos Way Lazy Making Person Just
You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal. Douglas Coupland
You Creativity Sexual Fake Competence
One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do. Douglas Coupland
You Care Pretend About More Cruelest Another Than Person Them Really Things
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. Douglas Coupland
Time Good You World Better Laziness Feeling Bad Eat More Better Place Because Said Passes Time Passes Encourages Quickly Fewer Place Much Less Things Numb
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Douglas Coupland
Day Courage Every Day Halloween Year Every Wear Costumes Had Genuine Human Just Human Beings Beings
Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are. Douglas Coupland
You World Own Believe Bad Ability Rationalize Makes Your Deeds Whole Amoral
Christmas makes everything twice as sad. Douglas Coupland
Sad Christmas Everything Makes Twice
Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth. Douglas Coupland
Life Time Bad Seemingly Only Make Smooth Losers Decisions Your Things
Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long. Douglas Coupland
Good Long Nothing Lasts Bad Very Ever
When the world throws you too much information, the only way you can stay sane or survive is to look for pattern recognition. Amidst all the blurs, is there a constellation that emerges, is there a straight line that's emerging? Douglas Coupland
You World Too Much Too Way Recognition Stay Emerges Emerging Only Throws Look Line Survive Information Pattern Straight Straight Line Much Sane Amidst
Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. Douglas Coupland
Love Depression You Taking Lots
Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you. Douglas Coupland
You Goals Big Become Enough Broad Boomerang Never Make Answered Answered Prayers Prayers Curse Your
If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it. Douglas Coupland
Kindness You Impulse Act
I tend to look for pathologies everywhere. Douglas Coupland
Everywhere Tend Look
People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. Douglas Coupland
Family You People Own Other Pretty Only Families Forgiving Your Ever
Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room. Douglas Coupland
Politics Loneliness Religion Sex Out Clears Subject Forget Room
For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us hope for change and improvement. Douglas Coupland
Hope Time Myself Change People World Paradoxically Gives End End Of The World Improvement Form Happening Us Many Included
Fashionable people can opt out of the fashion stream, but a stylish person never becomes unstylish unless they hit their head on a rock and suffer brain damage. Douglas Coupland
Fashion People Stream Unless Out Never Head Becomes Rock Stylish Brain Brain Damage Hit Person Suffer Fashionable Damage
Star Trek characters never go shopping. Douglas Coupland
Shopping Trek Characters Never Go Star Star Trek
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. Douglas Coupland
Time Birthday You Too Much Free Too Scary Free Time Because Reveal Handmade Much Presents
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. Douglas Coupland
Birds State Strive Finer Miracle Attain Simpler Because Prove May Being Which Us
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
Time You Happy Every Every Time Collector See Something Like Hit Little
Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. Douglas Coupland
Life Dreams You Doing The Right Thing Right Thing Flying Doing The Right Thing Mean Your Right Thing
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. Douglas Coupland
Business People Phone Past No Idea Only Advantage Idea Major Most Answer Politely How Been Centuries English Two
Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code? Douglas Coupland
World Dress More Unspoken Than Anything Code Creepy
With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless. Douglas Coupland
People Feeling Google Year Everything Out Knowing Answer Going Sensation Burn Nostalgic Clueless Starting
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