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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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
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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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In The Deep End, you have a woman who looks like a J. Crew mother who can manage it all. Then we begin to realize what's going on inside. Every time I see one of those women stuck at a stoplight with the children in the back of her car, I sort of think, "What have you just done? What's going on in your life?".
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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
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Climate deniers are clearly the fringe group and need to see a proctologist to find their heads.
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When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.
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As you know, the best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.
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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.
