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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.

William S. Burroughs

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William S. Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1914
Born: February 5
Died: 1997
Died: August 11
Essayist
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Painter
Photographer
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Science Fiction Writer
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St. Louis
Missouri
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