Chuck Klosterman Quotes
When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going to be different.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
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I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.
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The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.
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Making peace is harder than making war.
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A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.
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Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy. And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word.
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You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time.
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When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going to be different.
