Chuck Klosterman
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The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for t... 
Stay with your passion but have a philosophy that is beyond your strength so that you can have a leg... 
I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. 
Incrementalism guarantees only one thing that is mediocrity 
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star. 
I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm sorta like a rock star to these people. 
We die a day at a time 
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're ... 
You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. I... 
I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ... 
There are things we never tell anyone. We want to but we can’t. So we write them down. Or we paint... 
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Humans have existed only for the last 0.001 percent of cosmic time. All of which says that - unless ... 
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your c... 
Naturalism is the view that the physical world is a self-contained system that works by blind, unbro... 
People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind. 
A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world. 
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Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over 
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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once 
Mother Superior jump the gun...
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Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion 
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I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 
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Life is a re-discovery. 
Life is a desire! 
It is a lie. 
Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world ... 
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your chara... 
Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather. 
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You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless. 
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. 
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Playing safe is only playing. 
It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers. 
The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and ... 