William Faulkner Quotes
There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
Quotes to Explore
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I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
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Do all things with love.
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We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.
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I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
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One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words, 'dream on'. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.
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I have no skills. I'm bad at most things.
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Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.
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I love going to football games and going to homecoming dances and just doing normal things.
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I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.
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I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
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Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words.
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When we get through with the Jews in America, they'll think the treatment they received in Germany was nothing.
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One of the most amazing things about my job is that I have arguably, maybe not even arguably - definitively - the best boss on the planet. Shonda Rhimes is the best.
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Even the scholars in various lands have been acting as if their brains had been amputated.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
