William S. Burroughs Quotes

How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

William S. Burroughs

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• I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

  

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• I have no guitar technique.

  

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• I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.

  

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• Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's all get along' - I'm so tired of that damn sentence, but it's true.

  

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• A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.

  

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• I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.

  

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• When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.

  

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• How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • People
  • Physics
  • Disgusting