Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.

Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere.

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in...

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in...

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling...

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling...

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when...

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when...

Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in...

Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in...

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Fate is for losers.

Fate is for losers.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...