Charles Bukowski Quotes
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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Radio is for driving.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man.
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The problem with most children's hospitals is that they are passive. They are high quality. They are filled with the best doctors. But their function is to wait until kids get sick and get referred in.
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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.
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I never got hurt when I was in Morocco doing all the horse riding and my own stunts. But on the last day on the last shot I slid off my horse and landed on my bottom. I did not get hurt but it was very embarrassing.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.
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The writing that feels the best to me, I experience sometimes, is a kind of weirdly deep listening - like, it feels like if you just listen hard enough, the next sentence will tell you what it needs to be.
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Black is not a color.
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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
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The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves, and then the name of the slave master was given, which we refuse, we reject that name today and refuse it. I never acknowledge it whatsoever.
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The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.
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There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music.
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I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.
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In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.
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The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.
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I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2.
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Right now, I don't particularly take different CDs or vinyl - I have my CD wallet that I take everywhere I go; there are different things in there that cater to different kinds of times - but if there's a special DJ thing coming up, I might go through my records and pick out this special selection. It's one the things that means you're improving as a DJ the more you do it, understanding what's going to go down well in a specific place.
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I don't write so much now. I'm getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia.
