Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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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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Language is a virus from outer space.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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The nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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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’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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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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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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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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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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