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The first step to eternal life is you have to die.

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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Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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