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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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- William S. Burroughs
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- Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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