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Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly -- all these make for great stories.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
Writing
Adventures
Make
Mistakes
Adventure
Choose
Mistake
Friends
Stories
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