William S. Burroughs Quotes
Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
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The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the way they do. When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's why we see the leader of Iran... continuing to build the nuclear reactors.
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In America, we are engaged in constant battle with food.
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I hope there is a place for me in the country landscape, but I'm not too precious about it, either.
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No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.
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It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you.
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Television programming is the number one topic on Twitter, and dozens of start-ups in the social space are linking second-screen experiences. People no longer need to sit on the same couch to enjoy a show together.
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It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.
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In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.
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Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.
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In England, there is this tradition of the upper classes going to very expensive drama schools and then going on having careers. I knew that wasn't an option for me. My mother would never have been able to afford that.
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What is good looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,-generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration.
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Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a great cathedral? If such achievements represent anything more than the requirements of physical law, it means that science must investigate the additional controlling factors, whatever they may be, in order that the world of nature may be adequately understood.
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School's not for everyone, but I'm not telling people to leave school.
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I believe that there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women.
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Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
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Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
