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" Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. "

Douglas Coupland

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" 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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" You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself. "

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