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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSSmash the control images. Smash the control machine.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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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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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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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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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.
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Society is cancerous and bureaucracy is its cancer.
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