Chuck Klosterman Quotes
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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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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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Women are sacred.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role. I choose a lot of greens, proteins, and fats, and I like to be really active.
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Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.
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Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.
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And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.
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The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.
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In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
