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" I kind of wonder if creativity is all morphing into one big thing that's not even art, but something universal and bigger. "

Douglas Coupland

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" I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant - I prefer it - but I can't do it myself. I honestly think it's some form of autistic disorder. "

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" Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you. "

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" Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters. "

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" Who wants to talk on the phone? If you want to talk to me, text me. Or if we must, let's meet in person. "

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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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" The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong. "

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" Data transmission is no longer something scary you don't want in your backyard. Now you want it directly in front of your house. "

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" Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper. "

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" If you have a great idea, you should be able to communicate it as well. It's like the sound of one hand clapping. You have a great idea but aren't able to express it - well, how great was the idea? "

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" If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater? "

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" The way we experience history and time in all its forms shifted quite massively between 1989 and 2001 - to the point where contrivances like decades are now kind of silly. "

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