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If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.
Gayle 2022-03-23 08:01:04
【If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is. 】Charles Bukowski, Factotum
Extended Reading
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Henry Chinaski: [voiceover] The next day at work some of the other employees asked us if we would place bets for them.
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Henry Chinaski: [voiceover] I finally got hired at a bicycle supply warehouse. I had to demean myself to get that one. I told them that I liked to think of my job as a second home.