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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top,...

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top,...

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...

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

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

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...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

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...

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

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...

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,...

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

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 our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

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

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

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...

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...