Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
'Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.' p205
Quotes to Explore
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Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.
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All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.
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People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.
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Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.
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Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.
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Yellow's more like, I'm not trying to be this sexy vixen or anything, obviously. I'm a very friendly person, and I literally do just want to be your friend. I think all of that is wrapped up in yellow. It seems to work. I like being in it.
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
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I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children.
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There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up.
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Tennis has been around for so long - women have been playing the majors since the 1800s. Other sports have not had professional leagues for women for as long.
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Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.
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I've been told from the start, 'Don't fall in love with the horses'. But that's so hard. I'm in awe.
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My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear.
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Many women are discovering that the motherhood instinct implies a responsibility to be certain children have dads - everyday, not far away; and some are aware that economic independence requires not holding on to her child as if it were her job.
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When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can manipulate the system - get regulations on their competitors, or mandates on using their products, or eliminating foreign competition - it just lowers the overall standard of living and hurts the disadvantaged the most.
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Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.
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In the U.S., our work with law enforcement focuses on criminal computer networks. With legitimate businesses that copy software illegally, we generally follow through with a civil suit.
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The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain.
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'Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.' p205
