#ld

When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City. ↗

— Steve Burns

#bother #calm #calm down #city #cleaner

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#childhood #depraved #drawn #extreme #happened

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. ↗

— John Burroughs

#alone #fast #go #guide #hold

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#because #been #business #caused #folks

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. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#been #boot #both #conditioned #experimental

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#cannot #inside #mark #world #you

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#control #corporate #dominate #executives #ideas

I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#always #been #bothered #detrimental #felt

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?' ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#another #any #came #depressing #difficult

We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic. ↗

— Lance Burton

#ask #birthday #books #christmas #cost