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Telling Quotes by Charles Bukowski
- I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that…
- I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during…
- my mother, poor fish, wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile! why don't you…
- But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie…
- I kept telling myself that all the women in the world weren´t whores, just mine.
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- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already… — Richard Bach
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann
- I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you… — Kevin Bacon
- Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? — Dave Barry
- I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it… — Glenn Beck
- People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. — Max Beerbohm
- I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to… — Adele
- I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but… — Kate Adie