Charles Bukowski Quotes
I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.
Quotes to Explore
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I try to do my best.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
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Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.
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One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.
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Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.
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I don't believe in the afterlife.
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I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
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On Monday I come in and get in a full body workout, and then I come back in on Wednesday and do a quick six, which consists of bench press, biceps and triceps curls, pull downs, something for the back and the neck. And then you come back and hit it again on Friday with a 16-machine workout.
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I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
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I would like to go down as the greatest receiver in this game. I'm not doing all this hard work for nothing.
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I'm actually a hippy in real life. I had three dreadlocks on the back of my head once. They were spawning.
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After karting in Venezuela, I came to Europe in 1998 to compete in international kart races, which was great for me to get experience racing outside my country. After consistently being at the top, I decided to move to Italian Formula Renault.
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I don't see the benefit in giving yourself a belief system that allows you to judge other people.
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Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.
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Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience.
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Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.
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I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.
