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We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Church Education Here Our State System Teachings Unlearn

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A cat is only itself, representative of the strong forces of life that won't let go.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Cat Forces Go Itself Let Go Life Only Representative Strong

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It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Being Human Human Being Know Love Possible Them To Love Too Well You

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To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Art Call Dull Thing

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There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Always Depends Finds First Lives Our Our Lives Ready Ripe Ruin Something Taken Us Which Will

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If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Friends Get Jail Know Sentence Want Who You Your Yourself

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You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Begin Else Grandiose Man Politics Romanticism Saving Time World You

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Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Behind Envy Hell His Lady Lays Living Man Never

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Shakespeare didn't work at all for me.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Me Shakespeare Work

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Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, I must have read a whole library.

~Charles Bukowski

Topics: Ages Between Fifteen Library Must Read Twenty-Four Whole

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 16th, 1920

Died: March 9th, 1994

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