"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."
-William S. Burroughs
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"The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.“
-William S. Burroughs
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"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."
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"Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."
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"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact."
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"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."
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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."
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