William S. Burroughs Quotes

Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.

William S. Burroughs

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• Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

  

  Bar Refaeli
  • Love
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• 'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Good
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• It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
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• I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Friends
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• It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Bad
  • Wife
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• I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • City
  • Fashion
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• I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Period

• But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • People
  • Trouble
  • Drinking

• Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

  

  AJ McLean
  • People
  • Listen
  • Open-minded

• It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Music
  • Me
  • Learn

• I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
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  • Woman

• For me, just being published feels like success.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Success
  • Me
  • Like

• The truth about the nature and the power of the elite is not some secret which men of affairs know but will not tell. ... No matter how great their actual power, they tend to be less acutely aware of it than of the resistance of others to its use.

  

  C. Wright Mills
  • Great
  • Men
  • Power

• American servicewomen will continue to be viewed as second-class warriors if leaders push them to take up the customs of countries where women are second-class citizens.

  

  Martha McSally
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  • Women
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• It definitely is an ice breaker going into the awards already having one, and it was just so crazy when I heard I did win because I was in London at the time, and we were doing a festival out there, and my manager was like, 'You just won an ACM.' And I was like, 'How? It's so early!'

  

  Maren Morris
  • Time
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• I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

  

  Peter Ackroyd
  • Up
  • Time
  • Interesting

• Once you learn how to roller skate for 'Starlight Express,' it's a lifelong skill you have acquired.

  

  Jane Krakowski

• Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

  

  William Hazlitt
  • Life
  • Marriage
  • Happiness

• Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Mean
  • Nose
  • Solar

• How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we're committed to a healthier world overall. It's good karma.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • World
  • Good
  • Food

• While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Men
  • Women
  • Real

• Now that I'm doing all these big competitions, I've learned to control my nerves and control my mindset, and I think that's where the maturity comes in.

  

  Laurie Hernandez
  • Control
  • Maturity
  • Mindset

• Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • Mean
  • Alcohol
  • Enjoyment