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. BURROUGHSI am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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What a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. Hopeless rubbish.
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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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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else’s ass.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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Society is cancerous and bureaucracy is its cancer.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
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