"It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you."

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Charles Bukowski

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“I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.”
“When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.”
“The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what Iâ€™m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I canâ€™t quite remember.”
“And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts, this Center, this place of worship, is just as welcome as could be a similar edifice of any other religion. Indeed, America would fight with her whole strength for your right to have here your own church and worship according to your own conscience. This concept is indeed a part of America, and without that concept we would be something else than what we are.”
“Stories donâ€™t end with the writers, however many started the race.”
“The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term”
“I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.”

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“You know I hate watching myself on TV, I know a lot of actors say that, but it's true for me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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