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

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

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

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...

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope...

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as...

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as...

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

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.

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.