Chuck Klosterman Quotes
When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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What I love the most about modeling is that it opens you a lot of different doors of opportunities and takes you to many different places, which then put you in touch with various people and cultures.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?
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It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
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If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.
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I will do anything to make her happy again, so I give her the stars.
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When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.
