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Work Quotes by Charles Bukowski
- Never get out of bed before noon.
- Everything was a trap: women, drugs, whiskey, wine, scotch, beer - even beer - cigars, and cigarettes. Traps: Work or no work. Traps: Artistry or…
- They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.
- The streets were full of insane & dull people. Most of them lived in nice houses and didn't seem to work, and you wondered how…
- Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people…
- When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My…
- I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had…
- well, i don't know about you but I'm going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about…
- i do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves…
- Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was…
- it's good to have things done with when they don't work it's also good not to hate or even forget the person you've failed with.
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- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson