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Roll the Dice (Go All the Way) by Charles Bukowski | Joe Rogan Experience


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00:00:00.000 | Roll the Dice or Go All the Way by Charles Bukowski.
00:00:04.080 | If you're going to try, go all the way.
00:00:06.920 | Otherwise, don't even start.
00:00:09.120 | If you're going to try, go all the way.
00:00:12.160 | This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives,
00:00:15.520 | jobs, and maybe your mind.
00:00:17.720 | Go all the way.
00:00:19.520 | It could mean not eating for three or four days.
00:00:22.160 | It could mean freezing on a park bench.
00:00:24.360 | It can mean jail.
00:00:25.720 | It can mean derision, mockery, isolation.
00:00:29.640 | Isolation is the gift.
00:00:31.400 | All the others are a test of your endurance,
00:00:33.880 | or how much you really want to do it.
00:00:36.160 | And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds.
00:00:39.920 | And it'll be better than anything you can imagine.
00:00:43.160 | If you're going to try, go all the way.
00:00:46.280 | There's no other feeling like that.
00:00:48.400 | You'll be alone with the gods, and the nights
00:00:50.760 | will flame with fire.
00:00:52.440 | Do it.
00:00:53.640 | Do it.
00:00:54.920 | All the way.
00:00:56.400 | All the way.
00:00:58.440 | You will ride life straight to perfect laughter.
00:01:01.720 | It's the only good fight there is.
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