"Iâ€™ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I canâ€™t quite make out what it is. It takes time."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“There is no shortage of disputes.”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.7, Harvard University Press
“I heard the opening bar of 'Help' as I headed down Polk Street. Every single time I've heard that tune I've taken it as some message from God, a warning of things to come, a perfect description of my mashed-potato character”

Source : Oscar Zeta Acosta (2013). “Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo”, p.51, Vintage
“Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.”

Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "The Charlie Rose Show", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.
“Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something.”
“I don't think there's a problem with dating somebody outside of your race, as long as you're doing it because you want to be with that person. Everybody tells you what you should do when you're dating, but if you follow your heart, it usually works out.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“All blues singers are great liars.”
“You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.”

Source : "Regina King's biggest love lesson" by Jill Cox-Cordova, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2011.
“Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known, not merely by inanimate things, but also by living organisms, in their minutest parts, as single individuals, and also as whole communities. It results from this that, however complicated a series of phenomena may be and however many other sciences may enter into its complete presentation, the purely physical aspect, or the application of the known laws of matter and energy, can always be legitimately separated from the other aspects.”

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