William S. Burroughs Quotes
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
William S. Burroughs
Quotes to Explore
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
Ted Yoho
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
Nanci Griffith
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In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.
Harri Holkeri
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
Imran Khan
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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Calvin Coolidge
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
Malcolm McDowell
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Abraham Lincoln
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When it comes to the periodic table, the United States really blew its chance to make a name for itself. If you look over a map of all the elements named for cities, states, countries, and continents, it's not surprising that European locales dominate the map.
Sam Kean
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
Raina Telgemeier
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
Vincent Cassel
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I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.
Gabby Douglas
