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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSSometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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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.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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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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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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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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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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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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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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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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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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