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" The face of evil is always the face of total need. "

William S. Burroughs

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" The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits. "

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" You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence. "

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" Scientology is a model control system, a state in fact with its own courts, police, rewards and penalties. "

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" This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. "

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