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Doug Coupland quotes

Canadian Author December 30, 1961

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Doug Coupland quote: "Star Trek characters never go shopping."
Star Trek characters never go shopping. Doug Coupland
It's starts out young- you try not be different just to survive- you try to be just like everyone else- anonymity becomes reflexive- and then one day you wake up and you've become all those other people- the others- the something you aren't. And you wonder if you can ever be what it is you really are. Or you wonder if it's too late to find out. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Where does personality end and brain damage begin?"
Where does personality end and brain damage begin? Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Adventure without risk is Disneyland."
Adventure without risk is Disneyland. Doug Coupland
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. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "She went crazy with a calm face, justifiably so."
She went crazy with a calm face, justifiably so. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Anna-Louise leans over and whispers in my ear. "This is so..."
Anna-Louise leans over and whispers in my ear. "This is so surreal," she says, "I think I'm turning into a melting clock. Doug Coupland
I say ‘Uhmm...’ a lot. I mentioned this to Karla and she says it’s a CPU word. It means you’re assembling data in your head - spooling. Doug Coupland
Abe said something interesting. He said that because everyone's so poor these days, the '90s will be a decade with no architectural legacy or style- everyone's too poor to put up new buildings. He said that code is the architecture of the '90s. Doug Coupland
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. Doug Coupland
Mphhh... What did you say Tyler?' Anna-Louise mumbles on the bed above me. I stand up, and a tame blue bird lands on my shoulder and tries to nibble my earlobe. I gently shake Anna-Louise fully awake. 'Anna-Louise, wake-up,' I say. 'Wake up--the world is alive. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."
Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos. Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is..."
The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species. Doug Coupland
Microserfs (1995) p28 'He's thinking of quitting [Microsoft] to be a pixelation broker, going around to museums to digitize their paintings Doug Coupland
Doug Coupland quote: "New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108."
New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108. Doug Coupland

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