He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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The world is now a virus.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
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I bear my burden proudly for all to see, to conquer prejudice and ignorance and hate with knowledge and sincerity and love. Whenever you are threatened by a hostile presence, you emit a thick cloud of love like an octopus squirts out ink.
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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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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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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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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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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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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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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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