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We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.

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
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The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.
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