Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
Some stories, Mr.Whitter would say, you tell them and you use them up. Other stories, they use you up. p288
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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One thing about Foster the People is that it's taking pieces of a lot of different genres of music and kind of melding them together.
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I can't see myself leaving the club I grew up supporting... it's one of those things, the money's great but I still get paid reasonably well from the Lions and at the end of the day I think job satisfaction is the No.1 priority and I just love it up here.
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I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.
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I can't live without a good scrub or concealer. Concealer could give you 8 hours sleep instantly. I also love lipstick, for everyday a berry tone that resembles the natural lip color.
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I came into the world weighing one pound, 14 ounces. My family knows what it's like to go through the struggle of not knowing if your baby is going to be OK.
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Some stories, Mr.Whitter would say, you tell them and you use them up. Other stories, they use you up. p288
