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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Between Democracy Dictatorship Difference First Later Orders Take Time Vote Voting Waste You Your

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Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Against Anger Any Appalling Censorship Existence Face Facts Fear Feel Hide Inability Need Only Others Our Real Sadness Somewhere Them Themselves Those Tool Total Upbringing Vent Were Who

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Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviours.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: About Around Bad Because Better Bunch Cats Everything Excited Feel Feeling Get Good Having Just Know Look Nothing You

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The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live 10 times longer than if you have 10. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Cats Discovered Forever Hundred Live Longer More People Ridiculous Someday Than Thousand Times Truly Will You

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I used to live on one candy bar a day - it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Always Bar Beautiful Bite Candy Cost Day Good Live Nickel Night Remember Take Tasted Used Would

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The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Betrayal Exploration Feels Female Generally His Love Loyal Male Skilled Torture Who

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We're all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Alone Circus Die Each Eaten Going Love Make Nothing Other Should Up Us

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We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Death Here Laugh Live Lives Odds Our Our Lives Take Tremble Us Well Will

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

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Bars Got Jail Kind Like Wrong

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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Artist Hard Hard Thing Hard Way Intellectual Says Simple Simple Way Thing Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 16th, 1920

Died: March 9th, 1994

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