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Optimism is the first symptom that any disease is fatal.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Pasco
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Women are already born so far ahead ability-wise. The day men can give birth, that's when we can start talking about equal rights.
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