"There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a writer. Almost everybody was a writer. Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer. Of those fifty guys in the room, probably fifteen of them thought they were writers. Almost everybody used words and could write them down, i.e., almost everybody could be a writer. But most men, fortunately, aren't writers, or even cab drivers, and some men - many men - unfortunately aren't anything."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.”

Source : J. I. Packer (2009). “Rediscovering Holiness: Know the Fullness of Life with God”, p.69, Baker Books
“I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.”
“Took flowers from a hearse, romanced a nurse. Put the girl asleep, then I went through her purse.”
“Baseball does have some slack here. When they were losing $20 million a year in Montreal, there was some pressure to get rid of it. But as long as they are [profitable] in Washington, there is less pressure. They've got eight bona fide $450 million offers to buy the team, and those offers aren't going to go away soon.”
“The diagram of the house is a portrait of the family, a true portrait, whether it's sad or happy.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.”
“By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.”

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