Charles Bukowski Quotes

If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many 'bads' - bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even 'bad' white males. Only, when you write about 'bad' white males, they don't complain about it. And need I say that there are 'good' blacks, 'good' homosexuals and 'good' women?

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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For me, moving is always a big opportunity. It's just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up.

John Darnielle

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Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

Skeet Ulrich

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I get meals when I can, or I have protein shakes.

Triple H

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Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults - including James Thurber, Orson Welles, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

Tom Shales

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One week, you can have a real heavy romance 'Chuck' episode, and the next week it can be some kind of murdery mystery. It's not like doing a procedural.

Robert Duncan McNeill

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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable - onstage, talking, making 'em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.

Ron White

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When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

Little Louie Vega

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I always want to be the best at what I do. That doesn't mean compared to other people, but just in what you do.

Derek Hough

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As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.

Donald Johanson

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Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

Cory Booker

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We got to this point by constantly perfecting our products.

Connie Sellecca

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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

Claire Tomalin

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