"There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business."

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Source : William S. Burroughs (2013). “The Place of Dead Roads: A Novel”, p.117, Holt Paperbacks

William S. Burroughs

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“That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up”

Source : "Walt Disney World: Then, Now, & Forever". Book by Jeff Kurtti, October 7, 2008.
“There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.”
“Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave?”
“I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.”
“I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.”
“Concert dance is the hardest kind of dance. We tour constantly, around the world, year in and year out. It just doesn't work for everybody. It's the lifestyle, it's the stamina, it's the love, it's the dedication, it's the commitment, it's all those words.”
“Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.”
“Dublin ... is not only the capital of a nation, but the capital of an idea. The idea of Irishness is not universally beloved. Some people mock it, some hate it, some fear it. On the whole, though, I think it fair to say, the world interprets it chiefly as a particular kind of happiness, a happiness sometimes boozy and violent, but essentially innocent: and this ineradicable spirit of merriment informs the Dublin genius to this day ...”

Source : Jan Morris (1976). “Travels”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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