You begin saving the world by saving one man at a ... -Charles Bukowski

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

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Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. He is known for his gritty and unfiltered writing style, often depicting the harsh realities of urban life. Bukowski's works have gained a cult following and are celebrated for their raw honesty and exploration of the human condition.

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The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth....
I don't like the clean-shaven boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth and broken minds and broken ways. The...
I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope fo...
When everything works best, it's not because you chose writing but because writing chose you. It's when you're mad with it, it's when it's stuffed in ...
Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste....
The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them....
What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is besid...
Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity....
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics....
I can relax with bums because I am a bum. I don't like laws, morals, religions, rules. I don't like to be shaped by society....

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I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies....
Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear...
It's been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: 'I'm going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.' You've just got...
Especially among journalists, politics is not a pursuit that's held in high esteem. We tend to be cynical about it - but I actually believe in democra...
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I don't know anything about politics. Like, zero. Nothing....
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No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcen...