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Some men hope for revolution but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask.
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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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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I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight
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I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.
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In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky if not, green grass.
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