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William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: American
Born: February 5, 1914
Died: August 2, 1997

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I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
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The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.
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The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
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A functioning police state needs no police.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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Behind, Believed, Change, Desperation, Drastic, Escape, Ever, Everything, Hope, Leave, Material, Only, Raw, Those
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Behind, Believed, Change, Desperation, Drastic, Escape, Ever, Everything, Hope, Leave, Material, Only, Raw, Those
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