Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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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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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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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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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
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The world is now a virus.
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I miss you so much your absence causes me, at times, accute pain. I don’t mean sexually. I mean in connection with my writing.
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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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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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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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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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