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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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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On Christmas Eve, we have a duck or roast pork with caramelised potatoes, braised red cabbage and gravy. For dessert, we have ris a l'amande, a rice pudding, and whoever gets the whole almond in it wins an extra present. Then we dance around the tree and sing carols.
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People were expecting Rouge to go bankrupt, so there was a lot of anxiety. The corporate culture problem was even worse than in Russia. And at the same time, the work rules were more difficult.
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Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.
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Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?
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I just think it's patently absurd for scientists to categorize objects on the basis of the numbers of objects that they can remember.
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Plato … says a multitude can never philosophize and hence can never recognize the seriousness of philosophy or who really philosophizes. Attempting to influence the multitude results in forced prostitution.
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Never get out of bed before noon.
