William S. Burroughs Quotes
I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.
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I'm not even really attempting to brand myself outside of 'Humans of New York.' I think part of the reason for my success is that I've put my ego aside and said I'm not going to put all of my effort into trying to promote myself. I'm going to try to promote my work and am going to try to promote my project.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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Commencement speech at Howard University, as quoted in 'Obama: Students Need to Stop Shutting Down Speech of People They Disagree With' by Josh Feldman, Mediaite (7 May 2016)
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The town’s lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.
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Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
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I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?
