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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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
William Seward Burroughs II
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I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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