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

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't...

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

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...

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books...

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books...

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that,...

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that,...

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

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

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

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're...

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're...

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less,...

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less,...

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

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

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

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

God is what keeps us together after the love is gone.

God is what keeps us together after the love is gone.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, 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...