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Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And this is much better than setting fires, so keep it up.' That made me a writer.

Chuck Palahniuk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 21, 1962

Topics

Me Better You Said Want Up

I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge. It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor.

John Roberts

Step Law Think Judge Back Own

I wanted to make an artwork that really underlined the contradiction between how machines see and how humans see. Because music is so affective and is just as corporeal as it is cerebral, I thought coupling a music performance with machine vision adds up to something that work on an emotional, aesthetic, and intellectual level.

Trevor Paglen

Work Music Vision Performance See

You know if something is good because you remember the lines because it is written so well. The rhythm of the speech is spot on.

Rob James-Collier

Good Remember Speech You Know Well

Understand that everybody has their own struggles, regardless of whether you can see it or not. Just surround yourself with the people who love you, and know you're not really alone.

Molly Tarlov

Love Alone Yourself Surround Yourself

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.

Michael Sheen

Life Culture Me References Enjoyable

I'd say if you wanted to forestall bad events, the best thing to do is anticipate them and try to correct them before they get close.

Lloyd Blankfein

Best You Bad Say Try Events

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Doing You More Who About Less

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

Dick Dale

Good Way Tell Good Guy Guy Just

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

Chinua Achebe

Strength Day Tradition Enough You

As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.

Chuck Fleischmann

Fear You Fall Happen System Going

When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols.

Brad Pitt

Beautiful World Eye Someone You Sex

It's good to be alive.

Artie Lange

Good Alive