Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
'Until you can ignore your circumstances, and just do as you promise,' he says, 'you'll always be controlled by the world.'
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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We know we’ve come to a crossroads when German childhood is being held up as an idealized model for Americans.
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And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father.
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The two don't necessarily translate, especially if you're a prize fighter: you've fought all your life, you've fought all these fights, and now you're trying to do a movie. You see that happen a lot - a lot of professional fighters don't necessarily make it so well into the movie world.
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One of my favorite albums of all time is Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Every song is superbly written, performed, and produced. He is a great loss to the music world. There will never be another one like him.
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'Until you can ignore your circumstances, and just do as you promise,' he says, 'you'll always be controlled by the world.'
