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Non Quotes by William S. Burroughs
- A junky runs on junk time. When the junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on…
- The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers
- America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The…
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- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the… — Nicholson Baker
- I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well… — Alan Ball
- It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that'… — Douglas Adams
- In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth
- I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non. — Emmanuelle Beart
- Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in… — Warren G. Bennis
- Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered… — Conrad Black
- Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. — Orlando Bloom
- During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. — Lionel Blue