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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change.
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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Missouri
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Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.
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Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror.
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O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time.
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