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Douglas Coupland Quotes: I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic.
         

I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic.


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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.



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We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.



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Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?



When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

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