Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
William S. Burroughs
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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.
- 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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