Reading Roll the Dice by Charles Bukowski to close out the conversation with Joe Rogan. Full JRE episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIcQwDkcaWk

Roll the Dice (Go All the Way)
Charles Bukowski

if you're going to try, go all the way.
otherwise, don't even start.

if you're going to try, go all the way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
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.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, its
the only good fight
there is

Roll the Dice or Go All the Way by Charles Bukowski.

This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind.

It can mean derision, mockery, isolation.

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 you can imagine.

You'll be alone with the gods and the knights will flame with fire.

You will ride life straight to perfect laughter.


Speaker 0: Roll the Dice or Go All the Way by Charles Bukowski. If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind.

Go all the way. It can mean not eating for 3 or 4 days. It can mean freezing on a park bench. It can mean jail. It can mean derision, 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 you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There's no other feeling like that.

You'll be alone with the gods and the knights will flame with fire. Do it. Do it. All the way. All the way.

You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is. You

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