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First Quotes by William S. Burroughs
- I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember…
- I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first…
- One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know. . . . Once…
- Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?
- The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going…
- To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I…
- There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?
- Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing…
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- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
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