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Charles Bukowski

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“For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else...” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“Baby . . . I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“But starvation, unfortunately, didn't improve art. It only hindered it.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“She hiked her skirt higher. It was like the beginning of life and laughter, it was the real meaning of the sun.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“it wasn't enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“A woman is a full-time job. You have to choose your profession.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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