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Doug Coupland

"If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive."

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"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present."

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"It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark."

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"One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned."

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"You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life."
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"I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.'"
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"Technology favors horrible people."
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"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."
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"Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it."
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