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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett		Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
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About William Seward Burroughs

	William Seward Burroughs
	(1857-1898) American inventor of adding machine, patented 1888.

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Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.

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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

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So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done.

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