Chuck Klosterman Quotes
I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.
Quotes to Explore
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better.
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The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
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When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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I get on with people. I don't hang out with people who aren't nice. It's like, be real or go home.
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Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.
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The Internet will continue to be valuable so long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring data. Bitcoin's value is the same: It will remain as long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring ownership.
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Americans will not buy irregular-looking or oddly shaped vegetables!
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.
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Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.
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I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels...
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Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.
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I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice for which vulgar is not even close to the word. Yes, I like Schumann's Carnaval, but I'm damned if I know why anybody thinks the paintings of Paul Klee profit from being viewed with Carnaval playing in the background.
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A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been.
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My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.
