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William S. Burroughs Quotes: Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.
         

Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.


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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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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.



Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.



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.

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.



I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.



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.

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.



The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.



Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.



Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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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Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

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