The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSWe must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
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In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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If after having been exposed to someone’s presence you feel as if you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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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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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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