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

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

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...

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the...

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the...

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.

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...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

Fate is for losers.

Fate is for losers.

I think the killers get far too much attention.

I think the killers get far too much attention.

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

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.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

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...

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff...

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff...

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...