People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSArtists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, “I am not paid to listen to this drivel – you are a terminal fool!” Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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