William S. Burroughs Quotes
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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I will admit to hoarding beauty products. I'm a beauty lady.
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School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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At first, because this genre of music was so urban, sometimes we would sing songs that were so aggressive. And my parents didn't like it. They would break my cassettes and say, 'That music is garbage.'
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I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
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Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
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Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.
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No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.
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Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.
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We have now educated ourselves into a state of complete imbecility.
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I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.
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Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.
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I'd like there to be less refugees. I'd like all girls to go to school. That's what we need to be thinking about, and working on making our own families good and strong and our own kids happy.
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When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen.
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I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.
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Whatever our dreams, ideas, or projects, we plant a seed, nurture it -- and then reap the fruits of our labors.
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I just close my eyes and act like I'm a 3-year-old. I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then. So you just close your eyes and think back to when you were as young as you can remember and had the least barriers to your creativity.
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When we see others victimized we must speak out. We have to seek justice for everybody.
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When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.
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In the theory of evolution there is no talk of God and no Bibles are used. They're not looking for higher powers, extraterrestrials, or anything else that could be found in the science fiction section, because they are not dealing with fiction.
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If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
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The fact is, there are far more customers for American products outside of the U.S. than there are here at home. With open markets and a level playing field, American workers can out-compete workers anywhere in the world.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
