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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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997

Topics

Change Hope Escape Desperation Leave

Do you know there are at least seven ways to view Niagara Falls ... one of the natural wonders of the world?

World View You Know Natural Niagara

When you give young people an opportunity to use their time wisely, we support them, and when we do that, we support ourselves.

Opportunity Time Support People You

I want to be a cool mom.

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.

Robert Delaunay

Art Light Painting Birth

I still believe guitars will be around as long as there's rock music.

Music Believe Long Rock Will Still

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

Technology Chance Grow Information

I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.

Louis Armstrong

Success Music Age Time Believe Back

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.

Nature Man Present Way Real Act

A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.

Story Care Always Seem Fine Begins

He was an original, an innovator, and his influence will forever live on in our culture. Whether they know it or not, all DJs have been influenced by him. Thank you, DJ AM.

Live Culture Influence Thank You DJ

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Leadership Treat Process Important

When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.

Sad Day Me Writing Sadness Think

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