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Data transmission is no longer something scary you don't want in your backyard. Now you want it directly in front of your house.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Backyard Data Directly Front House Longer Now Scary Something Transmission Want You Your

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Given the infinite number of coincidences that could happen, very few ever actually do. The universe exists in a coincidence-hating state of anti-fluke.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Actually Coincidences Could Ever Exists Few Given Happen Infinite Number State Universe Very

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By your thirties, you should be doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing with your life and just get on with it - which is what I suppose happened with me as much as to anyone else.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Doing Else Get Happened Just Life Me Much Should Suppose Supposed Thirties Whatever Which You Your

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The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Because Feel Feels Future Odd Reason Something Then Unexpected Unpredictability Weirdly Would Wrong

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I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Air Airport Ants Bases Better Cent Civility Feel Flying Gone Grew Know Like Make Me Most Per Than Three Up Zoo

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I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant - I prefer it - but I can't do it myself. I honestly think it's some form of autistic disorder.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Appropriate Autistic Connect Disorder Elegance Elegant Ever Fashion Felt Form Honestly Like Must My Own Myself Never Other Own People Prefer Some Think Wonder I Wonder

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Fashionable people can opt out of the fashion stream, but a stylish person never becomes unstylish unless they hit their head on a rock and suffer brain damage.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Becomes Brain Damage Fashion Fashionable Head Hit Never Out People Person Rock Stream Stylish Suffer Unless

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Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Arrive Becomes Books Down Getting Head Once Paper Process Then

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I was always the youngest person in class, skinny, scrawny, no good at sports. I asserted myself by being smart. But then I got to college and started to get C's and D's. That was fantastic. I no longer had to be the smartest person in the room.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Always Being Being Smart Class College Fantastic Get Good Got Had Longer Myself Person Room Skinny Smart Smartest Sports Started Then Youngest

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Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way they used to talk about novels back in the 1980s. I like to think I hang out with some pretty smart people, but all they talk about is 'Breaking Bad.'

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Back Bad Bad People Books Breaking Breaking Bad Everybody Hang Happened Like Movies Novels Out People Pretty Same Smart Smart People Some Suddenly Talk Talking Think Tv Used Way Whatever 1980S

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: December 30th, 1961

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