Chuck Klosterman Quotes
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
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'Dance' got on WBLS and over 25 urban AC stations. I never had a record on urban AC and gospel stations before.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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Actors have to stay ready and be ready. They need to adjust things in their life, whether it be hair, teeth, take the time to do that.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
