"Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being."
-Doug Coupland
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"If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.“
-Doug Coupland
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