I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThe face of evil is always the face of total need.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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 I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
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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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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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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 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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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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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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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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