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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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Schools of science and physics replacing each other at a faster and faster rate. Just the nature of our world is constant revision, constant...negation of previous beliefs, and so...the whole world is a twist ending. Every week is a twist ending.
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So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.
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The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and again. The truth is, you will be. And the secret is, this will hurt less and less each time until you can't feel a thing. Trust me on this.
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I'm sorry if this all seems a little rushed and desperate. It is.
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