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The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.
William S. Burroughs
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William S. Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1914
Born: February 5
Died: 1997
Died: August 11
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
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