"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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"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.“
-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."
-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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"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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"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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"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
-Leo Tolstoy
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
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"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."
-Brian Tracy
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"I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me."
-Taylor Swift
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"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
-Henri Bergson
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"Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity."
-Lord Acton
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