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There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.
Doug Coupland
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Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.
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Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.
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There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.
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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.
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Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.
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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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Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives.
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Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill of it actually being meat.
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With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.
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There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.
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Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
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Your brain forms roughly 10,000 new cells every day, but unless they hook up to preexisting cells with strong memories, they die. Serves them right.
Doug Coupland
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