"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."

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Source : Charles Bukowski (2013). “The Most Beautiful Woman in Town”, p.190, City Lights Books

Charles Bukowski

#Trust Quotes #Order Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Whatever, man. Scorsese thinks Iâ€™m awesome”
“The more you teach positive ideas to others, the better you learn them yourself.”
“Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.”

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“Transition is the natural process of disorientation and reorientation that marks the turning points in the path of growth...transitions are key times in the natural process of self-renewal”
“Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.”
“I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.”
“When I write a book I write the best that I can and so much of that for me is following the book's demands, the subject's requirements - I love books, I always have. They have always been one of the places where I have felt very happy in the world. When I was younger, I loved to read genre fiction - I loved the magic-carpet ride of story! Now I need other things - I need the beautiful particular and strange language and form which brings a writer's book to life in me and speaks to my intellect, and, dare I say it, to my soul.”

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