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" Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea. "

Douglas Coupland

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" If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur. "

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" In the future, IKEA will become an ever more spiritual sanctuary. In the future, your dream life will increasingly look like Google street view. Everyone will be feeling the same way as you, and there's some comfort to be found there. "

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" It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. "

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" My life is neither a disaster nor supernatural, yet it is an unlikely event. "

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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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" If you waste five minutes of time a day, over the course of a year that adds up to one full work day. Think of five wasted minutes as a slow-release holiday drug. Savour it. "

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" The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. "

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" If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it. "

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" The things worth writing about, and the things worth reading about, are the things that feel almost beyond description at the start and are, because of that, frightening. "

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