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Charles Bukowski Quotes

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

Charles Bukowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 16, 1920 - March 9, 1994

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Wrong Kind Jail Got Like Bars

I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor doesn't make some earnest attempt to include their own honest humanity in their collaboration with an author. It's so ugly to me that it hurts sometimes to see it happen.

Life Lie Ugly People Collaboration

Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

Goals Motivation Short Worry You

The Curbside founders are successful entrepreneurs, who each have sold their companies to Apple.

Apple Successful Who Founders Sold

Even though I loved to write, I never liked English lit. class very much. I think it ruins books when you dissect them too much. I liked my art classes best.

Art Best Think Loved You Too Much

Pink looks good on everyone.

Good Pink Looks Everyone

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Style Best Trying You Find Way

As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

Parents Remember Back Said Far Doer

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

Sophie Swetchine

Walk Others Reform

The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'

Trust Best Better You Measure Human

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue.

Martin O'Malley

Government More Need Making Partisan

'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.

Through Aspirations Literally Very

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

Politics People Just Like Interested

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