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CHUCK PALAHNIUK What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant th...
CHUCK DALY Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.
CHUCK KNOX Playing safe is only playing.
CHUCK OLSON Practice without improvement is meaningless.
CHUCK KNOX It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.
CHUCK HILLIS Never let a win get to your head, or a loss to your heart.
CHUCK D I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stair...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and ...
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full ...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follo...
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