William S. Burroughs Quotes
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a computer called Googol. Set in an alternative version of 1960s Los Angeles, each book will be more or less standalone but together will form an overarching story arc with 'Brisk Money' as the origin story.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.
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Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.
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I don't feel like a grandmother. I don't.
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I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
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It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
