William S. Burroughs Quotes
I escaped the [Southern-writer] label because I didn't and don't write about the South.
Quotes to Explore
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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There's no regrets for me.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a miserable time, your face will soon show this, too. In fact, you get the face you deserve by the time you're forty, and one of the keys to looking and feeling younger is being active.
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'Defying Gravity' is a big, theatrical, grand gesture. In film, how do you match that?
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Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.
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If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or stupidity - I'm not sure which.
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I always think of writing as a physical thing. I'm not trying to generalize, it just happens to be that way with me.
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I escaped the [Southern-writer] label because I didn't and don't write about the South.
