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William S. Burroughs Quotes: Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
         

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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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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