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Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

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
Dirt
Perfect
Together
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Masterpiece
Ashes

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