people are worn away with striving, they hide in common habits. their concerns are herd concerns. few have the ability to stare at an old shoe for ten minutes or to think of odd things like who invented the doorknob? they become unalive because they are unable to pause undo themselves unkink unsee unlearn roll clear. listen to their untrue laughter, then walk away.
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PATRICK LENCIONI One who reacts in impulse, situations may get difficult. Calm people pause to think before saying or... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We look at their ability to learn, how fast they are, how quick they are. And their experience. What... JOHN WARNOCK Our enemy is [. . .] and all people like him, who never question their motives or doubt their desire... SUSAN RIVERS I am not much an advocate for traveling, and I observe that men run away to other countries because ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the c... NEAL SHUSTERMAN I think daycare is great for people who have to work two jobs. My problem is with people who are dro... DENIS LEARY When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW We all live in hiding. In one way or another, each of us conceals pieces of ourselves from the rest ... 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People who hide don’t always like who they are... ANDRé ACIMAN There are shift workers such as nurses and factory employees who often commute at odd hours of the n... AUTUMN FOGG The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is th... RALPH WALDO EMERSON We have been putting together a rather large coalition of groups from across the spectrum. They are ... CINDY COHN I think that they will find they come to love the center and the people who will be there. We are an... BEN SHAW When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like the... BEN VEREEN Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don&... MYRTLE REED They are the nicest people in the world. They are a pleasure to deal with. I can understand their wa... JIM TUTWILER There are many who look to the wife of the governor to express their concerns, to seek their help or... FRED LOKKEN One of the big concerns I have is that most of the HR departments in a lot of companies are hiring a... NOLAN BUSHNELL I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON I don't appreciate people who celebrate their dog's birthdays with "dog parties," and then invite th... CHELSEA HANDLER Those who have high thoughts are ever striving; they are not happy to remain in the same place. Like... DHAMMAPADA Those who have high thoughts are ever striving; they are not happy to remain in the same place. Like... THE DHAMMAPADA Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they wi... PAULO COELHO Now that I am ninety-five years old, looking back over the years, I have seen many changes taking pl... GRANDMA MOSES Nowadays people are less confident in socializing. To protect themselves, they incline to the negati... 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CHARLES BUKOWSKI So be careful when you bend over. CHARLES BUKOWSKI as long as there are human beings about there is never going to be any peace for... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I have, he went on, betrayed myself with belief, deluded myself with love tricked myself w... CHARLES BUKOWSKI is there any wonder why the world is where it’s at now? just notice the creature sitting near you ... CHARLES BUKOWSKI they thought that writing had something to do with the politics of the thing. CHARLES BUKOWSKI it’s as if he were hiding in there and I want to console him, say: “I am sorry, poor fellow, but... CHARLES BUKOWSKI it is a fine sunny day and great matters loom across the horizon of history. Carthage in my rearview... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people. CHARLES BUKOWSKI another hot summer night as I sit here and play at being a writer again. and the worst thing of cour... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Living too long takes more than time CHARLES BUKOWSKI humanity you sick motherfucker. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I look like a man in a death camp. I am. still, I'm lucky: I feat on solitude, ... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Writing is its own intoxication. CHARLES BUKOWSKI if I had a book or a drink then I didn’t think too much of other things—fools create their own p... CHARLES BUKOWSKI But you know, my former life as a bibliophile, it possibly kept me from murdering somebody, myself i... CHARLES BUKOWSKI alone tonight in this house, alone with 6 cats who tell me without effort all that there is to know. CHARLES BUKOWSKI a bird no one wants. he’s mine. my bird of pain. he doesn’t sing. that bird swaying on the bough... CHARLES BUKOWSKI of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. ... CHARLES BUKOWSKI death is walking up and down this room smoking my cigars taking hits of my <... CHARLES BUKOWSKI there was a soldier in the next room living with his wife and he would soon be going over there to p... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread CHARLES BUKOWSKI well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, ca... CHARLES BUKOWSKI not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse. CHARLES BUKOWSKI great books are the ones we need CHARLES BUKOWSKI young or old, good or bad, I don't think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. CHARLES BUKOWSKI writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all CHARLES BUKOWSKI I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people. CHARLES BUKOWSKI Now we are citizens of nothing. the sun itself knows the sad truth of how we surrendered our lives a... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I was sentimental about many things: a woman’s shoes under the bed; one hairpin left behind on the... CHARLES BUKOWSKI