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A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Bland Feels Forget Get Good Green Intersection Light Like Moment Past Smile You

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I think half the people who get married now have met online. If I think about all the people in my life who married - they met online, online, online. And it makes sense if you think about it, because you fill out this form of 35 things that really define you and - bam - look, you've got two people who match. It works.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Because Define Fill Form Get Get Married Got Half Life Look Makes Married Match Met My Life Now Online Out People Really Sense Things Think Two Two People Who Works You I Think

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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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For whatever reason, I tend to get reporters who are maybe in the middle of intense therapy, and they turn what's supposed to be a professional interview into therapy for themselves.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Get Intense Interview Maybe Middle Professional Reason Reporters Supposed Tend Themselves Therapy Turn Whatever Who

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I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Calculator Get See Think Use Vintage Want I See

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My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Begin Community Dad Day Get How Job Like Mom Move One Day Parents Question Quit Really Want You Your

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I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Being Blast Brain Chemicals Every Every Single Time Get Good Good Ideas Happy Ideas Like Past Single Single Time Something Surrounded Time Walk You

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I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand irony.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Able About American Awful Being Cent Clever Get Irony Only Per See Some Statistic Stupid Terms Think Understand World I See

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Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you want to get out there.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: David Does Everyone Get Guy Like Out Pen Should Something Special Stuff Tailor Term Want Well Who Writer You

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I miss the reference section at the library. I used to go there twice a week on missions. Now everywhere's a research library and I can't get an elitist kick from it any more.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Any Elitist Everywhere Get Go Kick Library Miss Missions More Now Reference Research Section Twice Twice A Week Used Week

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