William S. Burroughs Quotes
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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I cry at films and TV and even adverts.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
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I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.
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Commercialism isn't challenging creatively; it's only challenging in a stamina way.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
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In speaking of the capitalists who strive only for profit, only to get rich, I do not want to say that these are the most worthless people capable of doing nothing else. Many of them undoubtedly possess great organising talent, which I would not dream of denying. We Soviet people learn a lot from the capitalists. But if you mean people who are prepared to reconstruct the world, of course you will not be able to find them in the ranks of those who faithfully serve the cause of profit. ..The capitalist is riveted in profit and nothing can tear him away from it.
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To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species.
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Death joins us to the great majority.
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I like the shaman very much, the way he was crying.
