No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill othe…

William S. Burroughs
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No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill other people on a mass scale. Sure, he's got the fridge full of sausages and spring water. ✨ William S. Burroughs (1993). The Adding Machine: Selected Essays, p.29, Arcade Publishing
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No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill other people on a mass scale. Sure, he's got the fridge full of sausages and spring water. ✨ William S. Burroughs (1993). The Adding Machine: Selected Essays, p.29, Arcade Publishing

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