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take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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Those who preach god, need god Those who preach peace do not have peace Those who preach love do not have love
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This incompleteness is all we have.
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True revolution comes from true revulsion when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.
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and the color in my eyes has gone back into the sea.
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I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.
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mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?
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