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 don't have the panic I used to have, meeting people who are androgynous, but when you meet someone whose identity is unclear, that throws your own identity into flux because the way we treat each other is very gendered.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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When did one man ever civilize a people?
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Whenever television cameras are interviewing people in their homes, I tend to look over their shoulders and have a good snoop at their living rooms. I am always astonished at how clean they all look, with nothing out of place or unnecessary or dropped down any old how.
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At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
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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.
