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Adventure without risk is Disneyland
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"Adventure without risk is Disneyland"

- Doug Coupland

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This quote by Doug Coupland suggests that true adventure requires risk. Without risk, the experience is not truly an experience, however rather a produced, safe, and foreseeable experience. Disneyland is a perfect example of this. It is a place of fun and enjoyment, however it is likewise a place where everything is thoroughly prepared and controlled. There is no genuine threat included, and the outcome is constantly the same. True adventure, nevertheless, includes taking threats and embracing the unidentified. It is a journey of discovery and development, and it is only through taking risks that we can genuinely experience it.

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Doug Coupland This quote is written / told by Doug Coupland somewhere between December 30, 1961 and today. He was a famous Author from Canada. The author also have 104 other quotes.

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