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I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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