Chuck Klosterman Quotes
The Sims is an escapist vehicle for people who want to escape to where they already are, which is why I thought this game was made precisely for me.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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There are 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. So, just like we're quick to go everywhere else and help, we expect that same of America for Puerto Rico. These are U.S. citizens!
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the name of miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule.
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I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams.
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Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
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On MySpace ... the whole demographic of the stand-up comedy fan has changed. It's like an indie band thing. People think they've discovered you.
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Politics isn't about helping people, it's about maintaining whatever people have got, whatever it takes to maintain their position at the expense of us.
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The Sims is an escapist vehicle for people who want to escape to where they already are, which is why I thought this game was made precisely for me.
