A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSPeople 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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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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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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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Be just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can’t see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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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
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I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
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