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Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away
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"Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away"

- Doug Coupland

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This quote by Doug Coupland is a suggestion that when you loan a publication to somebody, you must not anticipate to get it back. It is important to keep in mind that loaning publications is basically the like giving them away. This is because once you offer a person a publication, you no more have control over it. You can not ensure that the person will return it to you, as well as you may never see it once again. This quote is a pointer to be mindful of what publications you loan out and to whom. It is important to keep in mind that when you loan a book, you are essentially providing it away and ought to not anticipate to obtain it back.

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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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