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- After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'
- In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point…
- Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going…
- I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we…
- You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go…
- I see painting as an evocative magic, and there must always be a random factor in magic, one which must be constantly changed and renewed.
- The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.
- Ever see a hot shot hit, kid? I saw the Gimp catch one in Philly. We rigged his room with a one-way whorehouse mirror and…
- I bear my burden proudly for all to see, to conquer prejudice and ignorance and hate with knowledge and sincerity and love. Whenever you are…
- The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to…
- This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles,…
- I know this one pusher walks around humming a tune and everybody he passes takes it up. He is so grey and spectral and anonymous…
- The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment;…
- You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk..
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