Charles Bukowski Quotes
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We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.
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I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that there is only one God - the living man - the person sitting next to you. That is my religion. I believe that there is a sense to life.
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I love great lyrics, and I love the way it could shape a tune into a very unpredictable one, and I also like taking a great melody and putting lyrics into it.
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If you take the fashion out of it, clothing has a lot of information - about how we feel about ourselves, how we'd like to feel about ourselves, and what we'd like to be: If you show up to an interview in sweatpants and a T-shirt, I'm going to deal with you in a really different way.
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I think men are, like, repulsive, and I prefer being in a room with women. I think they're often just more interesting.
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I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.
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I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real.
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I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.
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I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.
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All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he's coming at me with a wet dish towel.
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Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.
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It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
