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.

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Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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sad
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There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

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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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travel
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Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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perhaps , pleasure , only
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Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror.

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our , national , tend
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You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

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fake , quality , any
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.

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face , evil , always
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Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

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which , came , first
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A functioning police state needs no police.

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police , state , needs
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The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

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only , possible , ethic
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I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

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getting , far , out
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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silence , only , frightening
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat the mark inside.

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mark , cannot , beat