William S. Burroughs Quotes
If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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We don't really think that much about what we do; it's just fun.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.
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Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.
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In a marketplace where it's so easy to produce products, where your competitors can essentially match you on the product itself, you need to have something else. You need to have an added value, and that added value is the identity, the idea behind your brand.
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I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.
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I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.
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The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.
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I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.
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The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.
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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
