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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."

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Donna Grant

"I have forgotten all about my school days. I have a vague impression that they were detestable."

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Donna Grant

"I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss."

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Donna Grant

"Certainly it constitutes bad news when the people who agree with you are buggier than batshit."

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Donna Grant

"I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper."

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Donna Grant

"A peaceful refuge in which to rediscover each other, we thought,, not realizing that, while golf and fishing are Scotland's most popular outdoor sports, gossip is the most popular indoor sport."

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Donna Grant

"And what's the irony?...In the end... we call the enemy friends... the fake people again friends... should I continue here with the words?"

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Donna Grant

"Boston is a moral and intellectual nursery always busy applying first principles to trifles."

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Donna Grant

"Bless you with the curse to remain busy always."

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Donna Grant

"You're right, my problems are the biggest problems ever," George said. "No, honestly, it's horrible to be me. I'm rich, talented, and I make girls cry.""How do you make girls cry, exactly?"George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forward, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, "My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence."

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Donna Grant

"I think this goes more to the idea of 'relentless irony' than 'divine providence."

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Doug Coupland
"The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member."

Needs

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Doug Coupland
"People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own."

Family

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Doug Coupland
"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."

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Doug Coupland
"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture."

Cultural

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Doug Coupland
"On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen."

Time

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Doug Coupland
"The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all."

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Doug Coupland
"Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs."

People

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Doug Coupland
"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."

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Doug Coupland
"Where does personality end and brain damage begin?"

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Doug Coupland
"Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem."

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