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“Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.”

William S. Burroughs · Happiness

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Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.

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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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