Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS(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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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The world is now a virus.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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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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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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