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Quote by Charles Bukowski

“the masses are everywhere they know how to do things: they have sane and deadly angers for sane and deadly things.”

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Charles Bukowski, born on August 16, 1920, was an influential American poet. Known for his unique style and profound depiction of the lives of the underclass in America, he is considered one of the representatives of the Beat Generation. more

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.”

“You never fail until you stop trying.”

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Author:Albert Einstein

“I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.”

Rocks Dangerous

Author:Mel Brooks

“They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.”

Looks Understanding Wise Easier

Author:Oscar Wilde

“Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.”

Important Reason College Going To College

Book:Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon

“You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit that you have been completely unimportant; that in the great sum of things all a man's endless grapplings are no more significant than the scuttlings of a cockroach. The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic. I have reached a nirvana of negativity. I can look futility in the face and still see promise in the stars.”

“...language is never innocent.”

Language Innocent

Book:Writing degree zero ; &, Elements of semiology

Source: Writing degree zero ; &, Elements of semiology

“The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.”

Space Tigers

Book:The accursed share: an essay on general economy

Source: The accursed share: an essay on general economy

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