William S. Burroughs Quotes

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.

William S. Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

Jimmy Carter

NatureLoveGoodChildrenPeace

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

Maximilien Robespierre

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I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

John Mayall

ShineAlwaysPointPlayersSongs

The first sign of whether Obama is serious about confronting the climate crisis will be revealed by how he organizes the White House.

Jeff Goodell

HouseWhiteSeriousCrisisWillHe

If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen.

Roger Ebert

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Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.

Roger McGuinn

SongSometimesOnceThemRefine

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

Ronald Reagan

JusticePeacePeopleWorldFreeOwn

I never want to feel more than the viewers. I'm not trying to be an automaton. It's like when you see people laughing on camera, and you don't find it funny as a viewer - it's an offputting experience.

Louis Theroux

FunnyExperiencePeopleCameraYou

I believe in President Obama.

Jason Kander

BelieveI BelievePresidentObama

What attracted me to Jimmy Bulger were the various facets of his personality and his humanity because I felt that the only way I could approach playing a character like him was to find his human side first and then map that out to see where it took the turn. He was a very complicated man.

Johnny Depp

CharacterPersonalityManMeFind

If you're with someone who makes you happy in your personal life, then you're happy with where you're at.

Diane Kruger

LifeHappySomeoneYouPersonalWho

Every one of my team-mates and every one working in the club wants to make things better. I'd like ask the public, the people who come to the games, to trust that we are working hard to improve. They shouldn't doubt things will get better if we all stay together.

David Villa

TrustTogetherPeopleBetterDoubt

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