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I think that to acknowledge a...

I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Lottery tickets are a surtax ...

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Forget sex or politics or rel...

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

You can't get mad at weather ...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Vancouver is the square root ...

Vancouver is the square root of negative one. Technically it shouldn't exist, but it does. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Nothing very very good and no...

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

I think that in the future, c...

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 371 quotes

The capacity for not feeling ...

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

I get verklempt if I see a vi...

I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

I'm not patient - and I'm get...

I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.'

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Brain research tells us that ...

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

There are three things we cry...

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Royalty is either going to do...

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

The harder you try to become ...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Sometimes I wonder if the wor...

Sometimes I wonder if the world is too interesting and too boring at the same time.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Try not thinking of peeling a...

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 371 quotes

Big companies are like marchi...

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Eagles are seagulls with a go...

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Never loan a book to someone ...

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

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

The real killers in the busin...

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.

Douglas Coupland 371 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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