Charles Bukowski Quotes

I was still proud of that momentback thenwhen Jed handed methat pintandI draineda third of itwith all the discipleswatching.damn, there was no wayit seemedwe could everlosebut we did.and it took me3 or 4 decades tomove on just alittle.and Jed,if you are still heretonight,(I forgot to tell youthen)here's a thanksfor that drink.

Charles Bukowski

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• I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.

  

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• I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.

  

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• Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.

  

  Jackson Browne
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• I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

  

  Dan Fogler
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• Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.

  

  Rand Beers
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• When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.

  

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• World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

  

  Harry Browne
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• The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.

  

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• The intersection of political analysis and Internet theory is a busy crossroad of cliche, where familiar rhetorical vehicles - decentralized authority, emergent leadership, empowered grass roots - create a ceaseless buzz.

  

  Gary Wolf
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• I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.

  

  Taylor Wilson
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• Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.

  

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• I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

  

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• I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.

  

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• I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.

  

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• When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.

  

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• Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.

  

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• The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.

  

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• I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

  

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• We discussed this very important issue yesterday over a beer.

  

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• I'm still me even after all that's happened.

  

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• I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.

  

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• Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.

  

  Anna Deavere Smith
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• I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman.

  

  Bipasha Basu
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• I was still proud of that momentback thenwhen Jed handed methat pintandI draineda third of itwith all the discipleswatching.damn, there was no wayit seemedwe could everlosebut we did.and it took me3 or 4 decades tomove on just alittle.and Jed,if you are still heretonight,(I forgot to tell youthen)here's a thanksfor that drink.

  

  Charles Bukowski
  • Proud