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Doug Coupland quotes

Canadian Author December 30, 1961

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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. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "what I remember is the silence in spite of the noise. In my..."
what I remember is the silence in spite of the noise. In my head itmight just as well have been a snowy day in the country. Doug Coupland
The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you. Doug Coupland
I fell to my knees and I saw a wash of light, and then I saw a fleet ofdazzling metal spaceships, like bullets aimed at the sun, and I wanted to walk toward them andget inside one, and leave everything behind. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "I was sick of wanting money. I was sick of being without a goal."
I was sick of wanting money. I was sick of being without a goal. Doug Coupland
I am aware that there is a world out there that functions without regard to me. There are wars and budgets and bombings and vast dimensions of wealth and greed and ambition and corruption. And yet I don't feel a part of that world, and I wouldn't know how to join if I tried. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the..."
The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find..."
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. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long."
Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our..."
Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky."
Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject..."
Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room. Doug Coupland
Negative? Moi? I think realistic might be a better word. You mean to tell me we can drive all the way here from L.A. and see maybe ten thousand square miles of shopping malls, and you don't have maybe just the weentsiest inkling that something, somewhere has gone very very cuckoo? Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just..."
Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. Doug Coupland
All systems have failed me. In fiveminutes I'll be fine again for a while, but right now the inside of my head feels like NiagaraFalls without the noise, just this mist and churning and no real sense of where earth ends andheaven begins. Doug Coupland

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