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"26 William S. Burroughs Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 5 February 1914. Died: 2 August 1997 | Writer | Artist |

Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

Nobody Owns Life Death
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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.

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

Mind Answer Questions Learn
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When you stop growing you start dying.

You Stop Growing Dying
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

Noyhing Provocative Minding Business
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Language is a virus from outer space

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

Mind Change Political Fact
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Knowing you might not make it... in that knowledge courage is born.

Make it Knowledge Courage Born
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There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

Society People Dream Dead
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When I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.

Become Death Seed Grow
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Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

Happiness Purpose Conflict Victory
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Dream long enough and dream hard enough you will come to know dreaming can make it so...

Dream Long enough Hard Know
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When you cut into the present, the future leaks out

You Cut Present Future
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NOTHING happens by coincidence.

Nothing Happens Coincidence
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Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.

Fear Death Weight Time
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The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams

Way Kill Man Dream
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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

Planet Visitor See Manager
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.

Flaws Picture Truth Emerge
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

Exist Religion Country Live alone
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Think Anybody Mind Crazy
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
No one Alone You Alive
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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.

Best way Keep Time See
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If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.

You Surprised Life Alive
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The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.
Purpose Technology Confuse Body
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You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.

You Power Love Pain
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William S. Burroughs Quotes & Sayings