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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The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.
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While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid.
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l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than l, which is my life — the power to create.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
