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"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."
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William S. Burroughs

"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."

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"Smash the control images. Smash the control machine."
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William S. Burroughs

"Smash the control images. Smash the control machine."

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"Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts."
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William S. Burroughs

"Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts."

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"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."
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William S. Burroughs

"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."

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"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing."
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William S. Burroughs

"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing."

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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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William S. Burroughs

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

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"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"
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William S. Burroughs

"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"

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"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."
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William S. Burroughs

"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."

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"Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative."
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William S. Burroughs

"Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative."

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"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."
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William S. Burroughs

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."

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"The face of evil is always the face of total need."
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William S. Burroughs

"The face of evil is always the face of total need."

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"A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering."
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William S. Burroughs

"A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering."

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"A functioning police state needs no police."
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William S. Burroughs

"A functioning police state needs no police."

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"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."
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William S. Burroughs

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

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"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"
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William S. Burroughs

"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"

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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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William S. Burroughs

"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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"Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective."
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William S. Burroughs

"Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective."

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"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."
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William S. Burroughs

"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."

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"Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage."
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William S. Burroughs

"Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage."

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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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William S. Burroughs

"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."

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"How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity."
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William S. Burroughs

"How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity."

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"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."
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William S. Burroughs

"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."

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"How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?"
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Dan Burton

"How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?"

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"We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!"
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Dan Burton

"We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!"

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"Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest."
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Richard Francis Burton

"Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest."

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"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."
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Richard Francis Burton

"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."

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"I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me."
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Richard Francis Burton

"I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me."

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"One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another."
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Richard Francis Burton

"One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another."

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"Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder."
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Richard Francis Burton

"Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder."

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"Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins."
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Richard Francis Burton

"Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins."

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"Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses."
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Robert Burton

"Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses."

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"Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun."
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Robert Burton

"Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun."

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"What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning."
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Robert Burton

"What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning."

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"To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun."
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Robert Burton

"To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun."

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"One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague."
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Robert Burton

"One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague."

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"No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread."
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Robert Burton

"No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread."

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"A good conscience is a continual feast."
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Robert Burton

"A good conscience is a continual feast."

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"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves."
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Robert Burton

"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves."

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"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."
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Robert Burton

"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."

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"Idleness is an appendix to nobility."
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Robert Burton

"Idleness is an appendix to nobility."

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"A quiet mind cureth all."
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Robert Burton

"A quiet mind cureth all."

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"Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards."
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Robert Burton

"Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards."

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"Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long."
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Robert Burton

"Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long."

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"Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion."
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Robert Burton

"Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion."

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"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."
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Robert Burton

"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."

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"But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency."
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Ron D. Burton

"But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency."

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"In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper."
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Ron D. Burton

"In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper."

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"Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs."
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Ron D. Burton

"Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs."

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"We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas."
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Ron D. Burton

"We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas."

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"While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action."
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Ron D. Burton

"While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action."

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