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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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.
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When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.
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Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.
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Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
