Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks so real. They have these motors between the eyes for when they smile. It's just mind-blowing.

Joel Kinnaman

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I used to run home from school, pick up my guitar, and lock myself in my room and play.

Angus Young

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Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

Steven Rattner

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I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to me, too.

Steven Sinofsky

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Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog.

Mickey Rourke

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The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time.

Lou Barlow

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I hate comics who look at comedy as therapy. But at least it gets things out of my system in a funny way.

Lisa Lampanelli

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People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

Joyce Meyer

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I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

Jonathan Anderson

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I think readers either love or hate nonlinear storytelling, and it's true that it can be more difficult, both to write and to read.

Chloe Benjamin

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Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.

Christina Romer

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The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

Clifton Fadiman

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