Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
'Telling a story is how we digest what happens to us,' Mr Whittier says, 'It's how we digest our lives. Our experiences.'
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
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I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his own style and I have my own style, but it's a shared thing. Same thing with my grandfather; he was really into his style, so it's just sort of been passed down, I think.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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We can't legislate human nature.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.
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We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
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When I carve out time to game, it's because I rationalize that I 'deserve it,' so I relish every minute of that 2-3 hour session.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.
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Dialogue has to show not only something about the speaker that is its own revelation, but also maybe something about the speaker that he doesn't know but the other character does know.
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We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal.
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One of the big mysteries about the black hole at the center of the galaxy is, 'Why don't we see emission from matter falling onto the black hole, or, rather, the black hole eating up its surroundings?'
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I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.
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'Telling a story is how we digest what happens to us,' Mr Whittier says, 'It's how we digest our lives. Our experiences.'
