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What I think the White House does not yet understand and some of my colleagues, is the dam has broken on this (Iraq) policy.


Chuck Hagel

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CHUCK PALAHNIUK I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
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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.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK