"The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“Marijuana is rejected all over the world. Damned. In England ***** is alright for out-patents, but marijuana? They'll put your ***** in jail. I wonder why that is? The only reason could be: To Serve the Devil - Pleasure! Pleasure, which is a dirty word in Christian culture.”
“I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.”

Source : "Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2012.
“There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything.”
“I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.”
“If we're open it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...”

Source : Donna VanLiere (2016). “The Christmas Collection: The Christmas Shoes, The Christmas Blessing, and The Christmas Hope”, p.408, St. Martin's Press
“If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His wayâ€” not in a human way that ignores God.”
“Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.”
“The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching.”

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