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There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#become #coaches #complacent #completely #disagree

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#around #avoid #because #experiences #families

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#costumes #courage #day #every #every day

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #better #better place #eat #encourages

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#american #apologize #canadians #car #easily

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#doing #eggs #heads #hear #i

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#apply #aspects #because #get #lesson

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#chinese #covered #crude #crude oil #ducks

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#any #email #long #over #read

I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#due #elements #going #half-life #i