“I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.”
— Doug Coupland
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Christmas makes everything twice as sad.
“Christmas makes everything twice as sad.”
— Doug Coupland
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even
“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.”
— Doug Coupland
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You pretend to be more eccentric than
“You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.”
— Doug Coupland
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Category: fear
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Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness
“Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.”
— Doug Coupland
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Category: politics
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We live in an era with no
“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
— Doug Coupland
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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner
“Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.”
— Doug Coupland
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Everybody past a certain age, regardless of
“Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.”
— Doug Coupland
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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner
“Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.”
— Doug Coupland
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Handmade presents are scary because they reveal
“Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.”
— Doug Coupland
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People will always choose more money over
“People will always choose more money over more sex.”
— Doug Coupland
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Category: money
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