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

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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
World
William S. Burroughs

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Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.
Methods
William S. Burroughs

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Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.
Humility
William S. Burroughs

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I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.
Family
William S. Burroughs

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.
Grief
William S. Burroughs

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Language is a virus from outer space.
Language
William S. Burroughs

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

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There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.
Dreams
William S. Burroughs

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

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun