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Charles Bukowski Quotes: Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.
         

Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.


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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




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If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



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Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



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