Charles Bukowski Quotes
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all this duckweed on the surface, you can't tell if the stream is one inch deep or a hundred fathoms.
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One thing I really love in my single, 'Just Can't Let You Go,' is the beatboxing; I think it's really cool. Also, in my music, I'm not afraid to say what I want to say. I also think it's relatable for other girls out there.
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Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
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'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
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Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
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The hardest part about this business is accepting the back end with the same love that you accepted the front end.
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I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody's private life.
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I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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I have never applied for a share in Tehelka.
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But here's an object more of dread Than ought the grave contains - A human form with reason fled, While wretched life remains.Poor Matthew! Once of genius bright, A fortune-favored child - Now locked for aye, in mental night, A haggard mad-man wild.
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The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, at the very brink, in the darkness.
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I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.
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Resolved, That is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.
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Nature intends all men and women to be mental and spiritual giants, and does not intend that any one should follow the will of another.
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However, no two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is - in other words, not a thing, but a think.
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I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.
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After I grew some facial hair, I looked a bit older, and I guess that's what the modeling world wanted because I started booking more luxury brands.
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There's a bit of me that always feels like, 'What's next? How can I get better?'
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Never get out of bed before noon.
