Its very strange that most people dont care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. – Doug Coupland
It also allows you to look as though youre not particularly from the present, future or past, either. – Doug Coupland
Failure is authentic, and because its authentic, its real and genuine, and because of that, its a pure state of being. – Doug Coupland
When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, theyre going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and theyre going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture. – Doug Coupland
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obamas story. But since the Inauguration, weve seen only the presidents present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle. – Dee Dee Myers