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If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.
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