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At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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