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Why are we here? We're here to go!


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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'



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

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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I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.

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The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

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Before you pledge your undying love to someone, make them promise they won't die.

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This page presents the quote "Why are we here? We're here to go!". Author of this quote is William S. Burroughs. This quote is about life, death, existentialism, philosophy, lies, truth, metaphysics,.