William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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I've just taught thousands of people over the radio in the USA how to mend broken watches and broken house appliances. I am a catalyst or trigger to access these powers.
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No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
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Because it's one thing when you - oh, I love this tune. But then when you go to sing it, it's got to have something really personal. Then down to 25, and then to pick the final ones I just picked the ones that were more personal, that had something to do with my life.
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Sometimes I'll be flipping through the channels and I'll see a movie I'm in. And I'll probably stop and think, 'Sure, I'll watch this.'
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Yeah, it's pretty clear, I ain't no size two But I can shake it, shake it Like I'm supposed to do 'Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase And all the right junk in all the right places
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I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.
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Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.
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I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
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The reason we love nature is because it's fascinating and we love all the creatures, but if you watch any nature film, there's always a lesson: "the creatures are all dying and life sucks." The same is true of literature.
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For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home
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Some make the world go round; others watch it turn.
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I don't watch my own films. There is little time; I'd rather see another film.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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You're an actor, you want to do a scene in class. But one of the things I've always had is I've always had a really good memory. So I would go and watch a movie and then I would see a scene in the movie and I go, hey I'd like to do that in class this Wednesday.
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It was junk. The motor was broken out of place, the front end was smashed. It was only a couple of hours before the race, so I thought we were done.
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I love watching comedies. It's my favorite thing to watch and it always lifts my spirits.
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I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.
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A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working?
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The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists
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The spinning wheel is the one thing to which all must turn to in the Indian clime for the transition stage at any rate and the vast majority must for all time.
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.'
