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Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.
Chuck Klosterman
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Chuck Klosterman
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 5
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Journalist
Music Critic
Breckenridge
Minnesota
Charles John Klosterman
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