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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Words like 'freedom,' 'justice,' 'democracy' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
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[on 8/24/04, before entering a Los Angeles hospital for heart valve replacement surgery] If things go right, I'll be there about a week, and if things don't go right, I'll be there about an hour and a half.
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I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.
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When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.
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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.
