Facts Quote by William S. Burroughs

“Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth.”

William S. Burroughs

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“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.”

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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

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