"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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"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.“
-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."
-William S. Burroughs
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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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"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."
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