Chuck Klosterman Quotes
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Progress was a labyrinth ... people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it ... the invisible king-the élan vital-the principle of evolution ... writing a book, starting a war, founding a school.
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It's what I'll be singing in the morning. It won't be God Save the Ruddy King or All Things bleeding Bright and Beautiful. It'll be Orange and Lemons for Big Joe, for all of us.
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My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's a lot of people that were like, 'This is a dance record.'
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One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.
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What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock.
