Charles Bukowski Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.
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My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun.
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Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
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It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
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If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
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Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.
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Sexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.
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I live in a 9 million dollar turd.
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(imitating Norman Bates) Mother, are you there? I love you! I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel!
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Men's wishes are not always vain, nor is every life too brief to satisfy its possessor. Only when we attempt, from the point of view permitted by physics and biology, to sum up the possibilities of collective human endeavour, do we fully realise the 'vanity of vanities' proclaimed by the Preacher.
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'Ridin' up in them GTO's and 4-4-2's, Grand Prix's, S.S's, causes we so so cool'
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We need not only open trading systems, but systems that work for people around the world - taking into account not only the bottom line, but the well-being of working men and women, the protection of children against sweatshop labor, and the protection of the environment.
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
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You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake; you must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand heap.
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A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain
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Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.
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Humanity, you never had it to begin with.
