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I spent my life attacking everything because I was too afraid to risk creating anything.

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
Life
Attacking
Spent
Creating
Afraid
Risk
Anything
Everything

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