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Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else's ass.

William S. Burroughs

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