Charles Bukowski Quotes
Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation.
Quotes to Explore
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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I've never seen a single episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance.'
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I'm a big yogi.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
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If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.
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I love acting and would love to do it more. It's harder to go into acting as a model now than it ever was because so many models are doing the same thing. I want to do anything that's challenging and not within my comfort zone, and a Bond girl is so different to who I am.
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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.
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There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.
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I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to the gorilla cage there was 1 big Silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined.
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I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.
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Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation.
