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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?

William S. Burroughs

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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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Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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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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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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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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Hallucination Impact Reality Symbol World
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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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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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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Difficult One Liner Question Simplicity
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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Avoid Future Person Time Yourself
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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Alien Appearance Funny Manager Myself Planet See Space Yourself
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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Act Advantage Himself Man
As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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Escape Possible Prison Yourself
The world is now a virus.
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One Liner Virus World
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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