On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's...

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's...

I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the...

I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the...

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of...

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

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

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

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences...

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences...

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...

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

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.

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

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...

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...

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

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...

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...

I've got 911 on speed dial.

I've got 911 on speed dial.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.