William S. Burroughs Quotes
So many people in the Western World are just automatically made ill by any sort of frank writing about sexual matters.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.
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The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.
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So many people in the Western World are just automatically made ill by any sort of frank writing about sexual matters.
