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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Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy.
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I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I only have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.
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Blizzards, floods, volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes: They fascinate because they nakedly reveal that Mother Nature, afflicted with bipolar disorder, is as likely to snuff us as she is to succor us.
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I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.
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I feel very strongly that you shouldn't mix your emotions with business. When it comes to my emotions, I certainly don't mix them with my business.
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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.
