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This is a man who was shaped and molded on the prairie and has distinguished himself . . . in some of the most difficult jobs that we've had in our government.


Chuck Hagel

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CHUCK HAGEL any straight-thinking American, any straight-thinking citizen of the world.
CHUCK HAGEL important that we get this bill done.
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes availa...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Maybe we should always assume the worst.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. ...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive....
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until ...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. An...
CHUCK TANNER The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK The first step to eternal life, is you have to die.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
CHUCK PALAHNIUK If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK [T]here's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet; this is just truth...
CHUCK SIGARS Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.
CHUCK SIGARS You can't base your life on the past or the present. You have to tell me about your future.
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