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The most deadly picture is a picture of nothing at all. The colors are there, but there is no image, nothing.

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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Science Fiction Writer
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St. Louis
Missouri
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