Charles Bukowski on crowd
Charles Bukowski101 quotes“Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.”
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People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.
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Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Are you becoming what you’ve always hated?
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski What a weary time those years were – to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski You can steal my women but don’t play with my whiskey.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Do you hate people? I don’t hate them, I just feel better when they’re not around.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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I love the sound of the distant bugle call in the countryside in early morning I love to be pushed in busy crowds I love the sound of gongs and trumpets along the streets I love circus performances I even wish to die in this moment of glorious encounter.
Ai QingAi Qing Even in a crowd, you are alone inside your own head.
AnonymousAnonymous The only thing you can do to lead a crowd is prove your passion to them.
AfrojackAfrojack But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers Lampard’s not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth.
Adrian ChilesAdrian Chiles I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.
TibullusTibullus After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port.
Adelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von Chamisso
