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Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Between Comedy Difference How Person See Themselves You

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Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Funniest Self-Delusion Things

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The Internet has destroyed irony in the world, or at least wounded it considerably. What are we to do about an invention whose end result is that starving people in China are looking up things on marthastewart.com?

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About China Considerably Destroyed End End Result Internet Invention Irony Least Looking People Result Starving Things Up Whose World Wounded

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I've always thought that you live in the present, you live in a specific present. You are writing, present tense, so write in the present as it is.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Always Live Present Specific Tense Thought Write Writing You

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The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Creativity Different Good Just Life My Life One Thing Others Reason Some The One Thing Thing Up Wake Wake Up Your

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The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Anyone Century Die Get Life Living Major Thing You Your 21St Century

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My Google existence is probably larger than a lot of people's.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Existence Google Larger Lot People Than

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I'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Always Art Fabric Good Good Art Hanging House Like Look Many Matter People Piece Places See Suspicious Too Understand Why Will Work You I Can

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The neighborhood I grew up in had this fence that surrounds the watershed. And if you go on the other side of that fence, there's nothing until the North Pole and down to Siberia. It's the absolute cutoff point between man and nature.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Absolute Between Down Fence Go Grew Had Man Nature Neighborhood North Nothing Other Point Pole Side Surrounds Until Up You

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Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating; it can only be an expression of our humanity.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Alien Come Down Down To Earth Earth Expression Give Humanity Invented Never Only Our Ourselves Technology Therefore Us

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: December 30th, 1961

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