(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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSWhen you cut into the present the future leaks out.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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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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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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I began to get a feeling familiar to me from my bartending days of being the only sane man in a nuthouse. It doesn’t make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact.
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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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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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