Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

Chuck Palahniuk

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DeathThinkingBeliefRealJustAny

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.

Jim Capaldi

WorkMeWritingTitlesOffNaming

The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.

Steven Moffat

GoodPeopleWritingBrandEasyYou

I've done two motorcycle pictures: I did 'Beyond The Law,' and I did one produced by Tarantino called 'Hell Ride,' with Dennis Hopper and David Carradine and Vinnie Jones. And I just think 'Hell Ride' was a lot more of what a biker movie should be. But the good part of 'Beyond The Law' was that I had a good time with Charlie Sheen.

Michael Madsen

GoodTimeRideLawMotorcycleThink

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.

Michael Mann

TimeCreativityChoicesMeaningOld

I've never been a fan of just doing. I like to do things for a reason.

Jude Law

DoingNeverReasonThingsBeenJust

The Earth isn't an infinite sheet that carries on for ever, but it doesn't have an edge, either. It's compact and connected.

Janna Levin

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We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

Jared Diamond

ScienceHistoryUncomfortableSocial

There are many times where we lose faith in our country and ourselves, and I think drag is definitely a form of entertainment and a form of hope that tells us we have to hope for a brighter future.

Aquaria

FutureFaithHopeThinkLoseUs

I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.

Perry Farrell

LoveGreatPastEscapeBeingAble

I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!

Shakuntala Devi

LoveTeacherMathematicsSchoolYou

My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

Niklaus Wirth

TeacherSimpleInfluenceLanguage

If more people got involved with their local schools, if more companies donated money, a lot of the problems that are plaguing our schools and our youth would disappear.

Kevin Frazier

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