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
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHow I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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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 I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, “I am not paid to listen to this drivel – you are a terminal fool!” Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
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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 face of evil is always the face of total need.
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The world is now a virus.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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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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When you stop growing you start dying.
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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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