William S. Burroughs Quotes
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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We've always believed in our music.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills a niche it's seized on, even when it's a far from perfect fit.
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The spirit of Hitler is not dead.
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A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.
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I watched her and her Aunt Lina stare at each other for what seemed a long time. Something was being said. Something important. Something that had to be said without words.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
