Chuck Klosterman Quotes
As more and more people recognize the level of violence involved and the consequences of CTE [chronic traumatic encephelopathy, a degenerative brain disorder], they're obviously going to say "We don't want this to be a part of culture." And they overlook the fact that there's a huge swath of the populace where physicality is still a real common thing.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the cool kids, not in the club - when you're that person, it makes you feel smaller, and when they persecute you as a result, that's a difficult position to be in.
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I'm Cancer and Gemini cusp, so I read both and pick the one I like best. I read horoscopes but claim not to believe any of it.
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In my own country for nearly a century I have been nothing but a nigger.
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But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.
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I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.
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I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.
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As more and more people recognize the level of violence involved and the consequences of CTE [chronic traumatic encephelopathy, a degenerative brain disorder], they're obviously going to say "We don't want this to be a part of culture." And they overlook the fact that there's a huge swath of the populace where physicality is still a real common thing.
