Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Think about George Orwell's three-minute hate from the novel '1984' and how that left everyone sort of exhausted and able to live their boring humdrum lives. If our lives are going to continue being unfulfilled and boring, perhaps we do need some sort of short-term violent chaos incorporated into them, to make them more palatable.

Chuck Palahniuk

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For everything that you find dreadful, there's usually something that is rather marvelous as well.

John Hurt

YouFindEverythingSomethingWell

I'm not a Starbucks guy. I'm a Dunkin Donuts guy, but I like to pay for the coffee of the other folks behind me in line. It typically costs me less than $10, and makes the other people feel good, but more importantly, it makes me feel so good, and random acts of kindness change the world one person at a time.

Robert Kraft

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The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

Jeff Bingaman

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When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought.

Sissy Spacek

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I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.

Shirley MacLaine

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What people don't realize is that the initial sales of an album isn't where the bulk of your returns come from. It happens over time, sitting in the catalog, picking up commercials, getting included on packages here and there - there's years and years of pipeline money that goes on. That's where real money comes from - building that body of work.

Tracy Lawrence

WorkTimeMoneyPeopleBuilding

I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.

Dominic Monaghan

PeopleGoAfricaOutSomethingOff

I like many different kinds of music. My favourite band is Radiohead, and I'm also a giant Jeff Buckley fan.

Christopher Masterson

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Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

Shari Arison

PositiveChangeWomenMenBalance

It's so important to understand your good attendance ups your chances of graduating.

Tyra Banks

GoodImportantUnderstandAttendance

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Thomas Jefferson

CreditYouAimDutyWillFail

Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.

Tippi Hedren

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