(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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHow I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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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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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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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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I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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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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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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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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